Lot 252
  • 252

(Near East)

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description

  • paper and ink
Two atlases only containing lithographed views and plans of the Near East, with an emphasis on Constantinople and Egypt:



Renouard de Bussièrre, Marie Théodore. Lettres sur L'Orient. Paris & Strasbourg: F. G. Levrault, 1829. 27 (of 32) lithographed plates printed on india paper (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.; 303 x 230 mm) and mounted on larger paper stock; light scattered foxing, occasionally migrating to plates. Printed green paper wrapper; edges frayed and soiled.  Atabey 177 — Andreossy, Antoine François. Constantinople et le Bosphore de Thrace. Paris: Théophile Barrois & Benajmin Duprat, 1828. 4 folio text leaves, 10 lithographed plans and views; marginal fraying and soiling to some of the plates, marginal soiling to text leaves. Printed grey wrappers, a few tears at center fold. Atabey 22; Blackmer 33.

Condition

Renouard de Bussièrre, Marie Théodore. Lettres sur L'Orient. Paris & Strasbourg: F. G. Levrault, 1829. 27 (of 32) lithographed plates printed on india paper (11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.; 303 x 230 mm) and mounted on larger paper stock; light scattered foxing, occasionally migrating to plates. Printed green paper wrapper; edges frayed and soiled. Atabey 177 — Andreossy, Antoine François. Constantinople et le Bosphore de Thrace. Paris: Théophile Barrois & Benajmin Duprat, 1828. 4 folio text leaves, 10 lithographed plans and views; marginal fraying and soiling to some of the plates, marginal soiling to text leaves. Printed grey wrappers, a few tears at center fold. Atabey 22; Blackmer 33.
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