CHENAVARD (A.-M.). Picturesque journey in... - Lot 34 - De Baecque et Associés

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CHENAVARD (A.-M.). Picturesque journey in... - Lot 34 - De Baecque et Associés
CHENAVARD (A.-M.). Picturesque journey in Greece and in the Levant, made in 1843-1844 by E. Rey, painter, & A. Chenavard, architect and Dalgabio, architect. Travel journal, drawings and lithographed plates by Etienne Rey. Lyon, Typographie Louis Perrin, Lithographie Claude Bonnaviat, 1858. Large volume in-folio, half green basane with corners, spine with nerves (modern binding). Complete with all plates (views of Athens, Delphi, Ithaca, Constantinople, Smyrna, Cairo and Egypt). These 81 plates with bis are all printed by Fugère, plate 54 (plain of Troyes is folding). All plates are drawn by Antoine-Marie Chenavard, except plate 23 by Couchaud, and plates 18 and 30 by Rey; they are engraved by Dubouchet, Perret, Ruissel, Dechaud, Musson, J.M. Fugère and Séon, each one with its commentary sheet. The edition was planned in 40 deliveries of 4 plates, that is to say 160 plates, but the realization did not follow, the edition did not exceed 150 to 200 copies. Copy with the engravings mounted on tabs. The edges of the text leaves are soiled, sometimes repaired, foxing.
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