TAYLOR (J.), NODIER (Charles) and DE CAILLEUX (Alphonse). Picturesque and romantic journeys in old France. Franche-Comté. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1825. 

Large folio illustrated with 148 plates (out of the original 160), mostly on China paper. Third series of the Voyages entirely devoted to Franche-Comté. Copy complete with the artists' table, the subscribers' table and the original silk serpents.

Lithographs drawn by Engelmann after the greatest painters of the time, notably Isabey, Bonnington, Ciceri, Alaux.

Bound in red half leather, smooth spine.



(foxing and slight dampness in the margins not affecting the engravings, tear in the margin at the foot of the title page, of the false-title and of the explanation, binding soiled, small wormholes and beginning of a crack at the spine)
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Lot no. 63

TAYLOR (J.), NODIER (Charles) and DE CAILLEUX (Alphonse). Picturesque and romantic journeys in old France. Franche-Comté. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1825. Large folio illustrated with 148 plates (out of the original 160), mostly on China paper. Third series of the Voyages entirely devoted to Franche-Comté. Copy complete with the artists' table, the subscribers' table and the original silk serpents. Lithographs drawn by Engelmann after the greatest painters of the time, notably Isabey, Bonnington, Ciceri, Alaux. Bound in red half leather, smooth spine. (foxing and slight dampness in the margins not affecting the engravings, tear in the margin at the foot of the title page, of the false-title and of the explanation, binding soiled, small wormholes and beginning of a crack at the spine)

Estimate
€400 - €600
Result
€400
Buyer's premium
25%
TAYLOR (J.), NODIER (Charles) and DE CAILLEUX (Alphonse). Picturesque and romantic journeys in old France. Franche-Comté. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1825. Large folio illustrated with 148 plates (out of the original 160), mostly on China paper. Third series of the Voyages entirely devoted to Franche-Comté. Copy complete with the artists' table, the subscribers' table and the original silk serpents. Lithographs drawn by Engelmann after the greatest painters of the time, notably Isabey, Bonnington, Ciceri, Alaux. Bound in red half leather, smooth spine. (foxing and slight dampness in the margins not affecting the engravings, tear in the margin at the foot of the title page, of the false-title and of the explanation, binding soiled, small wormholes and beginning of a crack at the spine)
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