1899

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    [Turkey] Il Pallone del Concerto Europeo (Istanbul – Constantinople)

    A rare satirical caricature on the independence struggles within the Ottoman empire showing a fine view on Istanbul and the Bosporus with figures representing Greece, Romania, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Armenia, looking at a deflated hot air balloon the “Concerto Europeo” with the head as an English man all vaguely in the shape of Europe. From the Italian satirical newspaper Il Papagallo, a satirical magazine dedicated exclusively to international politics founded in Bologna, 1873 by Augusto…

    • Author: Augusto Grossi
    • Dimension: 40 x 56 cm
    • Place of publication: Bologna
    • Year: 1899
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    La terra di Bari – Carta Geotectonica

    Among the most significant cartographic documents produced by Italian geology in the final years of the nineteenth century, this Carta Geotectonica della Terra di Bari  holds a place of paramount importance: not only for the sophistication of its graphic execution but above all for the extraordinary scientific synthesis it manages to condense in order to describe one of the most complex and fascinating territories on the peninsula. The map is oriented in the customary manner,…

    • Author: Francesco Virgilio
    • Dimension: 41 x 61 cm
    • Place of publication: Turin
    • Year: 1899
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    Pesi Graditi e Sgraditi

    A rare satirical caricature showing the European politicians with their problems on shoulders. From the Italian satirical newspaper Il Papagallo, a satirical magazine dedicated exclusively to international politics founded in Bologna, 1873 by Augusto Grossi (1835-1919), which specialized in stunning fine color-printed caricatures.

    • Author: Augusto Grossi
    • Dimension: 40 x 56 cm
    • Place of publication: Bologna
    • Year: 1899