PIFERRER.

Popular Catalan image illustrating the different phases of bullfighting... Barcelona], Piferrer, [c. 1800]... Large woodcut of 31 cm x 44 cm. It is composed of 48 engraved subjects (4.3 x 4.3 cm) representing the different aspects of bull fighting, including those no longer practised such as the releasing of dogs and "charlotades"... It is presented in a modern light oak frame. Nice proof. Rare and precious Catalan image published at the end of the 18th century, Plaza del Angel in Barcelona . Reproduced in the "Siglo de Oro de las Tauromaquias" p. 32... Cf: Amades, Imatgeria popular catalana, the Auques. Barcelona, 1931, reprod. pl. 47 . Ex-Libris René Cluzel, engraved by François Righi.