[Miguel GAMBORINO]
Cris et petits métiers d'Espagne [Los Gritos de Madrid]
Complete Suite of 18 Costume Plates
[ Imprenta Real]|[Madrid] s.d. (1809-1817)|23 x 28.80 cm|relié
First edition of this complete suite of 18 numbered intaglio plates enhanced in colour, on 'J. Honig & Zoonen' laid paper, depicting 72 merchants accompanied by captions beneath each figure.
First printing, subsequent editions will feature individually numbered figures surrounded by a border.
Bound in half sienna morocco with corners, smooth spine, title stamped in gilt throughout, tiger patterned paper boards, combed paper endpapers and flyleaves, first cover retained, gilt head.
Extremely rare and the earliest known suite of prints depicting itinerant merchants and pedlars in Spain. Each figure is accompanied by the profession or advertisement shouted by the vendor in Castilian dialect.
€6,000