Live veiling - Lot 559
[Channel Islands - Bailiwick of Jersey]
The Queen's visit to Jersey, September 3rd 1846.
Jersey, Ph. Fall, 1847
€ 800 / 1.200
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Beschrijving lot
Large folio (ca. 62 x 46 cm): [3] ff., 26 pl. incl. title (spotting & soiling esp. on text ff. and margins, some waterstains, corner of title torn off without loss).
Loose in a mod. green paper covered box, flat cloth spine, part of the gilt orig. publ. binding pasted on front cover, orig. leather spine loosely inserted. Good copy.
First edition of a superb collection of 25 large format lithographs of Jersey, commemorating Queen Victoria's visit to Jersey in 1846. On this occasion she was presented with a series of watercolours of the island by John (or Jean) Le Capelain (1812-1848), his most famous work. Later on, these were turned into lithographs and publ. with scenes of the visit itself in the present work: 6 refer to Her Majesty's visit, 19 are Jersey scenes. With dedication leaf to the Queen.