Bidspirit auction | Papa PIO IX (Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti;

Papa PIO IX (Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti; Senigallia, 13 maggio 1792 – Roma, 7 febbraio 1878), 1850s - Precious album with a collection of 16 CDV format photos, watercolored, with portraits of Pope Pius IX, Cardinal Antonelli, soldiers of the Swiss Guard, Noble Guard, General Hermann Kanzler, Sword and Cape Waiter (Secret Waiter of His Holiness), papal nobility, prelates. The photos are original from the time, some signed on the back. They measure on average 9x6 cm each, they are collected in an album which, when opened, acts as a searchable display. Rigid structure in wood and cardboard, with shortcomings.