Lot 294
  • 294

Sauvan, Jean-Baptiste Balthazar

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • ink and paper
Picturesque Tour of the Seine from Paris to the Sea. London: R. Ackermann, 1821



4to (13 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.; 335 x 270 mm). Title-page with handcolored engraved vignette, 24 handcolored aquatint views by T. Sutherland and D. Havell after A. Pugin and J. Gendall, handcolored map of the Seine, dedication leaf, subscriber's list,; some toning, light offsetting from plates to text, occasional light offsetting to plates, chiefly on the verso. Contemporary straight-grain red morocco, elaborate filleted border, inner frame of gilt acanthus leaves and leafy roll in blind, spine with slightly raised bands gilt, brown endpapers, edges gilt; joints rubbed, text block sprung from casing.

Literature

Abbey, Travel 90

Condition

4to (13 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.; 335 x 270 mm). Title-page with handcolored engraved vignette, 24 handcolored aquatint views by T. Sutherland and D. Havell after A. Pugin and J. Gendall, handcolored map of the Seine, dedication leaf, subscriber's list,; some toning, light offsetting from plates to text, occasional light offsetting to plates, chiefly on the verso. Contemporary straight-grain red morocco, elaborate filleted border, inner frame of gilt acanthus leaves and leafy roll in blind, spine with slightly raised bands gilt, brown endpapers, edges gilt; joints rubbed, text block sprung from casing.
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