Il Papagallo. Primo Giornale Colorato, Umoristico, Italiano.[Centre-fold satire:] - Inglesi che Sudano. Yes, lo pregherei inj via di gentilezza, per ordine dei magnati di Londra, lo sgombero assoluto di lor signori insorti, facendo notare che per salvare l'onore delle arme inglesi, del Sudan non puossi fare un Alessandria, seconda edizione. Anglais que Suent. - Yes, je prierai votre politesse, pour ordre des maitres de Londres, de evacuer totalement, messieurs les inserges en faisant observer que pour sauver l'honneur des armes Anglaises, du Sudan nous ne pouvons point faire une Alexandrie: deuxieme edition.
Anno XII. Bologna - (Italia) Giovedi 24 Gennaio 1884. No. 4.
Chromolithograph centre fold with letterpress text on verso, very scarce, folded satrical broadside. 419 x 310mm. 16½ x 12¼".
A satire on the British campaign in the Sudan from 'Il Papagallo' (1873-1915). Il Papagallo was founded in 1873 by Augusto Grossi, the lithographer and caricaturist, and ex-chief designer for "La Rana", another satrical newspaper from Bologna.
[Ref: 22839] £180.00
Chromolithograph centre fold with letterpress text on verso, very scarce, folded satrical broadside. 419 x 310mm. 16½ x 12¼".
A satire on the British campaign in the Sudan from 'Il Papagallo' (1873-1915). Il Papagallo was founded in 1873 by Augusto Grossi, the lithographer and caricaturist, and ex-chief designer for "La Rana", another satrical newspaper from Bologna.
[Ref: 22839] £180.00