Graphic illustrations of the most prominent features in the French Capital; with characteristic figures in the foregrounds comprised in twelve stroke engravings, from accurate designs taken in Paris during the imperial reign of Buonaparte. First edition.
London: [Harper and Co.?], circa 1816. Folio. Original boards with later morocco spine and corners. 19 x 14 inches. 48 x 35cm.
12 double page engravings measuring 19 x 26.5 inches. 48 x 67 cm. Light to moderate foxing. Small wormhole in the lower right blank corner of a few pages.
Printed by Howlett & Brimmer.
According to no. 1346 in Quaritch catalogue no, 252 from 1904, the same engravings with letterpress descriptions were also published in 1816 by Harper and Co., so they presumable also published this edition without text.
OCLC Number: 10691768, lacking 4 plates; and 181773865.
The titles of the engravings are:
View of Paris from the South Boulevard; View of Paris from Montmartre; South View of the Old and New Louvre; The Mint and The Façade of the Louvre; View of La Place de la Concorde; The Garden of the West Front of the Tuileries; Palace of the Tuileries Facing La Place du Carrousel; Garden of the Tuileries; The Luxembourg or Palais du Senat with the Gardens; The Elysian Fields, Distant Gardens of the Tuileries; Entrance to Les Champs Élysées and La Place de la Concorde; he Military School and the Church of the Invalides
London, Howlett et Brimmer, sd. (1816), in-folio relié demi-chagrin postérieur avec couverture d'origine contrecollée sur le premier plat.
Album regroupant, après la page de titre, 12 grandes gravures doubles, montées sur onglets, des plus grands graveurs anglais dont Dadley, Sparrow, Angus et Porter. Les gravures sont d'un format 480 x 680 mm. Rousseurs claires et quelques traces d'humidité
Les gravures représentent des panoramas de Paris vus du sud et de Montmartre, le Louvre, la place du Carrousel, les Tuileries et ses jardins, les quais de la Seine, la Place de la Concorde, les Champs-Elysées, le Luxembourg et les Invalides. Item #16-3600
Price: $4,500.00