Oblong 8vo. Contemporary half green morocco, spine gilt, sides black morocco with gilt and blind-tooled decoration, blue silk endpapers, gilt-edged. Manuscript in an elegant script, in brown ink, including a calligraphed title and a dedication, interleaved with ten hand-coloured lithographs (Paris, Jeannin) heightened with gum arabic and two hand-coloured engravings, all with views on Florence, Siena, Pisa and surroundings, and one watercolour with a view on Livorno. I-IV, 22 lvs. Delightful manuscript by father Tommaso Pendola (1800-1883), teacher and founder of the 'Royal Institute for the Deaf' ('Instituto Reale Toscano per Sordomuti') at Siena in 1828. The album is dedicated to Paolina Sommi Picenardi (1812-1867), a member of the noble Milanese Verri family who was married to Gerolamo Sommi Picenardi (1801-1863). The noble Sommi Picenardi family resided at the Villa Sommi Picenardi at Lecco near Milan. In excellent condition, 'Officina del Sordo-muti' is lettered in gold on the inside back cover.- (Some leaves are partly loose). Coloured plates in order: 1. Florence. Vue generale prise de San Miniato. 2. Florence. Ste. Marie des Fleurs. 3. Florence. Loge des Lanzi. 4. Florence. Pont de la Trinite. 5. Florence. Ponte Vecchio. 6. Florence. Palais Pitti et Jardin Boboli. 7. Florence. San Miniato. 8. Florence. Vue prise des Cascines. 9. Sienne. 10. Sienne. Fonte Branda. 11. Pisa. 12. Livorno. 13. Prospetto della Gran Conserva degli Arquedotti della Citta di Livorno.