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Update 5/24/19: This item has been recovered!
The following item has been reported stolen: Habits of Monks Anonymous. No title: [Male religious costumes]. [Italy: No publisher/printer, ca. 1850]. 16mo (8.7 cm x 222.5 cm; 3.4 x 87.6"). 36 hand-colored plates on [36] pp. This compact but actually quite extensive souvenir offering illustrates the dress of ordained and lay members of various orders, including Capuchin, Dominican, Augustinian, Cistercian, Olivetan, Jesuit, Barnabite, Maronite, Carmelite; and congregations, including San Francesco di Paola, San Calisto, and the Fate Bene Fratelli (Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Dio), in 36 hand-colored plates, all with captions in Italian. Interestingly, in some cases, costumes are shown for priests and laici (laymen) of the same order on opposing pages. The contents unfold accordion-style in one very long strip comprised of six pieces neatly joined together in a leporello binding; fully extended, the images measure more than seven feet. There are interesting faces here; the wearers of the featured garbs are not mere generic mannequins. Binding as above in original cream paper boards embossed in an all-over leafy pattern; apparently issued without a title leaf. Light soiling on boards, paper cracking over rear joint but "volume" holding fine. It may be seen in this online catalogue: http://www.prbm.com/_Leporellos.php If you have any information on this item, please contact the Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company at rarebks@prbm.com or 215-744-6734.