[CALAMATTA]. OJETTI (Raffaello). Luigi Calamatta incisore. R - Lot 215

[CALAMATTA]. OJETTI (Raffaello). Luigi Calamatta incisore. Roma, dalle Typogr. Romana, 1874. In-folio, [2] f., 32 p., engraved portrait, paperback (upper cover missing, spine restored, yellowed faux-title, foxing to portrait). Rare catalog of the engraved works of Luigi Calamatta (1801-1869) belonging to the Alessandro Cialdi collection in Rome, followed by a notice. A precious copy with an autograph ex-dono signed by Lina Sand Calamatta, the engraver's daughter, wife of Maurice Sand and therefore daughter-in-law of the novelist George Sand. "Al mio carissimo amico Edmond Plauchut", dated Nohant, February 5, 1876. Edmond Plauchut (1824-1929) was a journalist and traveler. The copy is preserved in a period wallet in garnet-red Russian half-leather with corners, the smooth spine decorated with gilt roulettes and fleurons, bearing 2 title-pieces that appear to be mounted (corners dulled).