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Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France par MM. Ch. Nodier, J. Taylor et Alph. De Cailleux.
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NODIER, Charles (1780--1844)
Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France par MM. Ch. Nodier, J. Taylor et Alph. De Cailleux.
A Paris de l'imprimerie de P. Didot l'aíné, 1820--5.
2 vols ; 52.9 cm. (2º)
I: [18], 131, [1] p., add. litho. t.-pl., 81 [i.e. 89] litho. pl. : litho. illus.
II: [7], 6--190, [4] p., [153] litho. pl. : litho. illus.
Includes a list of subscribers, supplemented at the end. The imprint credits J. instead of P. Didot l'ainé in vol. 2. Half-title versos have imprint of Gide, fils, libraire and G. Engelmann, the lithographer responsible for the illustrations. There are eight bis plates in vol. 1 and two in vol. 2; in the latter plates are numbered 82--232 (but pl. 232 misnumbered 182). Most of the plates are printed on India paper. These two volumes cover 'Ancienne Normandie' and are a complete work in themselves, although Voyages pittoresques et romantiques continued until 1878 (including a third volume on Normandy), by which time around twenty volumes had appeared (authorities state various totals between 18 and 25). Michael Twyman, Lithography 1800--1850, 1970, devotes a whole chapter to the series.
Copy Notes Pencil price calculations on front free-endpaper to vol. I 39 livraisons @ 12/- [=] 23. 8. 0/ Binding 36/- per vol [=] 3. 12/ [total] £27. 0.
Binding C19th diced half russia, marbled-paper boards, blind-tooled borders and spine, direct-lettered in gilt.
Reference Number 2888
Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France par MM. Ch. Nodier, J. Taylor et Alph. De Cailleux.
A Paris de l'imprimerie de P. Didot l'aíné, 1820--5.
2 vols ; 52.9 cm. (2º)
I: [18], 131, [1] p., add. litho. t.-pl., 81 [i.e. 89] litho. pl. : litho. illus.
II: [7], 6--190, [4] p., [153] litho. pl. : litho. illus.
Includes a list of subscribers, supplemented at the end. The imprint credits J. instead of P. Didot l'ainé in vol. 2. Half-title versos have imprint of Gide, fils, libraire and G. Engelmann, the lithographer responsible for the illustrations. There are eight bis plates in vol. 1 and two in vol. 2; in the latter plates are numbered 82--232 (but pl. 232 misnumbered 182). Most of the plates are printed on India paper. These two volumes cover 'Ancienne Normandie' and are a complete work in themselves, although Voyages pittoresques et romantiques continued until 1878 (including a third volume on Normandy), by which time around twenty volumes had appeared (authorities state various totals between 18 and 25). Michael Twyman, Lithography 1800--1850, 1970, devotes a whole chapter to the series.
Copy Notes Pencil price calculations on front free-endpaper to vol. I 39 livraisons @ 12/- [=] 23. 8. 0/ Binding 36/- per vol [=] 3. 12/ [total] £27. 0.
Binding C19th diced half russia, marbled-paper boards, blind-tooled borders and spine, direct-lettered in gilt.
Reference Number 2888