Live auction - Lot 516
[Belgium - Netherlands]
Soixante-dix vues pittoresques de la Hollande, de la Belgique, et du Grand Duché de Luxembourg. Dessinées et coloriées sous la direction du célèbre Madou.
Brussels, Établissement de lithographie coloriée, 1842
Hammer price: €
1.100
€ 600 / 800
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Lot description
Obl. 8vo: half title, title and 70 pl. (half title creased, very few spots rarely affecting pl., occ. light soiling to margins, few marg. tears).
Orig. publ. cased bindings (boards soiled, joints rubbed).
Rare complete album with 70 watercoloured lithographs, some partly heightened with Arabic gum. The "Établissement de lithographie coloriée" took over the publication from Jobard and included some views from the "Monuments et Châteux" and "Voyage pittoresques". Few pl. still signed Jobard.
Ref. Walsh, p. 8. - Van der Marck 73-75.
Prov. Le Jeune (old ms. entry).