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Album in oblong 4th, 330 x 245 mm., collection of over 70 handwritten and printed documents collected by Elisabetta Michiel Giustinian, Elena Michiel Costantin, Francesco Costantin and Antonio Costantini, mid 19th century until around 1907, in < b>SUMPTUOUS MOSAICATED BINDING original, plates on bois de rose, the front one inlaid with ivory, mother-of-pearl, pewter and metal, the other engraved, original clasp with lock, endpapers in wallet and endpapers in red silk, modern case in half leather and hardcover.
Specialist Notes
Venice in the Risorgimento, this is the most appropriate title for this album, probably conceived and designed by Elisabetta Michiel Giustinian (1825-1889) . wife of Giovanni Battista (1816-1888), the last heir of one of the most influential noble Venetian families, the Giustinian dei Vescovi. She accompanied him, advising and supporting him in the most delicate moments of his life, but she was in turn a significant figure both for the fate of the collection and more generally in the society of the time. Elizabeth is described as a woman with an "enterprising and full of resources” always alongside her husband in the various moments that saw them protagonists on the public scene. His figure, although remained in the background for a long time, played a fundamental role in Giustinian's choices. Both anti-Austrians supported the actions of the patriots with courage and economic aid, participating in the Venetian revolutionary season in the first person. By now compromised by their subversive activity, with the return of the Habsburgs to the city, the Giustinians left for voluntary exile and, sentenced in absentia, all their property was confiscated by the Austrian authorities.
Inside contains 14 lithographs, some of which taken from the Album of the Independence of Giacomo Casa, 4 pencil drawings, including the portrait of Felice Orsini, 2 au lavis with episodes from the life of Daniele Manin, 6 photographs, various posters, various manuscripts with poems by Giannina Milli, Arnaldo Fusinato, 7 tricolor crochet rosettes from 1848-'49 and 1866, various postcards, a patriotic paper money, receipts for donations in favor della Patria etc.
A detailed list of the material contained is available upon request.
Inside contains 14 lithographs, some of which taken from the Album of the Independence of Giacomo Casa, 4 pencil drawings, including the portrait of Felice Orsini, 2 au lavis with episodes from the life of Daniele Manin, 6 photographs, various posters, various manuscripts with poems by Giannina Milli, Arnaldo Fusinato, 7 tricolor crochet rosettes from 1848-'49 and 1866, various postcards, a patriotic paper money, receipts for donations in favor della Patria etc.
A detailed list of the material contained is available upon request.
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