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Waldeck, Jean Frederic Maximilien, comte de
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Voyage pittoresque et archeologique dans la province d'Yucatan (Amerique Centrale). Pendant les annees 1834 et 1836. Paris: Bellizard Dufour et Co., and London: J. & W. Boone and Bossange Barthes & Lowell, 1838
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First edition, folio (560 x 404mm.), half-title, engraved frontispiece map, hand-coloured in outline, title with engraved vignette on india paper, 20 plates and plans, comprising 6 hand-coloured lithographic costume plates, 4 hand-coloured lithographic plates of antiquities, 5 uncoloured engraved plans and plates on india paper, 2 double-page, and 5 hand-coloured lithographic plans and measured drawings, one double-page, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, gilt edges, some light spotting and browning, mostly marginal, light scuffing to extremities
Provenance
Beriah Botfield, Longleat, sale, Christie's, 13 June 2002, lot 121
Literature
BAL RIBA 3563; Palau 373688; Sabin 100994
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“The present work was to have been the third of three monographs on ancient Mexico based on Waldeck’s twelve-year residence in that country… but in the event this volume appeared first, and hurriedly, in order to forestall piracy of Waldeck’s drawings and notes, a large quantity of which had been confiscated by the Mexican authorities prior to his departure for Europe” (BAL RIBA). Waldeck’s work was supported by Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough, author of the nine-volume, Antiquities of Mexico (1830-1848).