2 albums with views on castles and historic sites in France and Italy.

Oblong folio: 100 and 84 etchings, c. 17,9 x 23,1 cm (plates), laid paper, signed "fait par Perelle", address "A Paris Chez N. Langlois", French text (few spots, few ms. notes in pen).

Good impressions and condition. Laid down on laid paper (few sm. marg. stains, tears and folds, few sheets cut), mounted on guards. Contemp. mottled calf, richly gilt-orn. covers with title and central ornament, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, spr. edges (rubbed, few stains, 1 back cover torn and joints part. split).

Impressive collection of views on French castles and gardens ("Veues des belles maisons de France", incl. the castle of Richelieu in Poitou, Villers-Cotterêts, Chaville, Sceaux, etc.), Italian historic sites and castles ("Veües de Rome et des environs", incl. St Peter's Basilica, Capitoline Hill, Colosseum, Piazza San Marco, etc.), gates, squares, fountains, buildings and bridges in Paris ("Les places, portes, fontaines, eglises, et maisons de Paris", incl. Porte Saint-Denis, Place Royale, Hôtel de ville, Val-de-Grâce, Pont-Neuf, etc.), palaces in Paris ("Veues des belles maisons des environs de Paris", incl. Hôtel des Invalides, Tuileries, Luxembourg, etc.), Versailles ("Veües des plus beaux endroits de Versailles", incl. castle, fountains, menagerie, etc.), Chantilly ("Diverses veuës de Chantilly", incl. castle, garden, fountains), and other castles such as Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fontainebleau, Vincennes, Chambord and Saint-Cloud.
Prov. E. van Havre (armorial bookpl. and drystamp).