Live auction - Lot 690
[Italy]
Recueil de vues et fabriques pittoresques d'Italie [...].
BOURGEOIS, Constant
€ 800 / 1.200
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Lot description
Paris, [1804-1810]
Folio: 96 ff. (occ. foxing).
Contemp. half calf, marbl. cardb. covers (corners worn, sl. rubbed). Some very nice impressions.
Rare album with 96 etched pl., containing 176 idyllic view of Italy (mostly Rome and surroundings) by Guyot, Lameau, Misback, Niquet jeune, Felipe Cardano, after designs by Bourgeois. The prints were originally published in 16 sets of 6, as is explained on the incl. title page.
Ref. Brunet I:1178.