Prints and Ephemera

MP 135

Spectacular illustrated Mapa de Abisinia (Etiopia) by Chocolate San Fernando of Barcelona. Very rare. Size: 46x64cm. m AH EN

Price: $1000.00

ETH 380

Three strips of original artwork for the journal La Semaine Humoristique, by Robert Fuzier. Shows Mussolini being humiliated during the invasion of Ethiopia. B

Price: $450.00

ETH 369

ERITREA. Some photographic representations of Italy’s Action, by the Istituto Agricolo Coloniale – Firenze 1946. Published in Italy, in English, it showcases Italy’s investment in Eritrea. EH

Price: $250.00

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Seven early Spanish confectionary cards on Abyssinia. EH B

Price: $140.00

ETH 358

33 page catalogue for Calderoni, published in 1937. B

Price: $120.00

Note: Calderoni was established in 1840 in Milan’s Via della Lupa, known today as Via Torino. At that time, Milan was a romantic city, dominated by the Habsburg dynasty. In 1870, Calderoni opened a prestigious establishment in Piazza Duomo, which soon became a point of reference for the city’s aristocracy. Calderoni became the official supplier of the House of Savoy and its prestigious customers included the nobility and royal houses of Europe. In 1942, Calderoni moved to Via Montenapoleone, symbol and centre of Italian luxury in the European Capital of fashion, design and the jewelry, remains Calderoni’s flagship store in Italy to this day.

ETH 353

Very rare accounting of the 1st Battalion Indigenous Eritrean troops wounded and killed during the Italian invasion of Libya in 1912. It gives the soldiers name, grade, nature of the injury and any annotations. 10 sheets in total, as well as a telegram reporting on the death of an Eritrean soldier from a head shot. B

Price: $1800.00

ETH 352