Braham (Allan), 1937-2011
Funeral decorations in early eighteenth century Rome (Victoria and Albert Museum Brochure, 7)
London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1975
(20 × 21 cm), (4) 30 pp., 25 text illustrations. Publisher’s printed wrappers coloured silver, printed in black. - Concerns the Victoria and Albert Museum’s album of drawings (E.212-299-1969) recording decorations by Carlo Fontana for the memorial services in Rome for the Emperor Leopold I and his son Joseph I (ex-Marlborough Rare Books, Catalogue, 1963, item 50; Peter Ward-Jackson, Italian Drawings [Victoria and Albert Museum catalogues], Volume II: 17th-18th century, London 1980, p.171). ¶ Wrappers rubbed, one corner creased; otherwise a very good, unmarked copy.