Description: THE PENNY MAGAZINE August 31, 1833 Carriages of Naples Winchester Cathedral This is a paper which is 190 years old. It is printed in a small format, measuring 7 by 11 in size, and is 8 pages long. The issue came from a bound volume and has typical minor disbinding marks at its spine, but is otherwise in fine and attractive condition. The feature article in this issue is an unusual piece on THE CARRIAGES OF NAPLES. It takes up the first 2- pages, with a great 5x6-inch cover illustration of The Neapolitan Calesso, showing a carriage roaring down the road drawn by two dashing steeds, carrying a family, with the man flashing a whip while a boy runs alongside, and a dog yaps in its path. The following text paints a surprising portrait of how important carriages were to life in Naples. It begins: The boisterous, gay-hearted people of Naples are almost as much addicted to driving about in any sort of vehicle that can carry them as they are to eating maccaroni. the stranger, on his arrival at their city, cannot but be surprised at the immense number of carriages that dash through town in all directions, nor fail to be puzzled in reconciling the extent of this luxury with the means of a ruined nobility, and a generally impoverished country. The fact, however, is, that almost every Neapolitan, who pretends to anything like the rank of a gentleman, considers some sort of equipage as an indispensable appendage, to support which he will miserably pinch himself in other points of domestic economy. . . . the tradespeople and others, who will never walk when they can afford to pay for a ride . . . contribute to the support of an amazing number of hackney coaches and cabriolets; and the very poorest of the people are as passionately fond of driving as their betters, and do contrive, by clubbing together, to indulge in that luxury on frequent occasions. It may thus be understood how Naples is more crowded with vehicles than any other of the European capitals. These vehicles are in almost every possible fashion and state of preservation. The richer or more tasteful classes drive carriages which would not disgrace our parks, and are, generally speaking, superior to any display of the sort made at Paris. The Neapolitans, indeed, with the exception of the Milanese, surpass all the Italians in coach-building and taste in a turn-out. The above quote represents about 15% of the total text. The remainder includes outlining the four main classes of carriages found in Naples: 1) The carozza d affitto, or canestra, or carettella, which was roughly equivalent to the British hackney-coach. 2) The corribolo, similar to a hack-cab. 3) The Flower-pot Calesso: truly a Neapolitan machine, which can be compared to nothing we possess. And, 4) Il Calesso, the carriage of the people. The issue also contains more than a page of text on the CATHEDRAL OF WINCHESTER, which is illustrated with a nice engraving of North-west view of the Cathedral at Winchester. ************************* Background on this publication: The Penny Magazine was a weekly 8-page paper put out by Londons Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Throughout the 1830s, an American edition was very popular in the United States, only to dwindle into extinction during the following decade. The paper did not cover the current news of the day, and carried no advertising. Instead, the Penny Magazine provided excellent essays on a wide array of subjects, such as architecture, science, geography and natural history. The paper was compact in size, and every issue was illustrated with several fine woodcut engravings. 90 [gsp10206] _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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