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NODIER (Charles), TAYLOR (Baron Isidore-Juste-Séverin) and C - Lot 273
NODIER (Charles), TAYLOR (Baron Isidore-Juste-Séverin) and CAILLEUX (Alphonse de). Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France [Old Normandy]. Paris, De l'imprimerie de P. Didot l'ainé, 1820-1825.
2 volumes out of 3, large in folio (56 x 37 cm), half red long-grained morocco with small corners, ornate smooth spines, gilt title and tomaison (period binding).
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece, 2 title vignettes, 36 large plates and 235 hors-texte plates, including 3 bis and 7 plates doubling the state (sketches). A total of 242 engraved plates after Fragonard, Villeneuve, Vauzelle, Atthalin, Isabey, etc.; most on Chine appliqué, some on tinted ground. A 3rd volume devoted to Normandy appeared in 1878. Ex-libris JM.
Some wear to binding, foxing rarely affecting engravings, plates 88 and 112 partially detached, rare small tears and marginal wetness, otherwise good copy.
(Frère, II, 339; Vicaire, VII, 763)
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