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TAYLOR, Isidore Justin Sévérin, Baron de (1789-1879). L'Alhambra. Dessins et lithographies par Asselineau, publiée par A.-F. Lemaitre. Paris: Didot, 1853.
Large 2° (550 x 357mm). 20 tinted lithographic plates (numbered I-XI), including one plan, 9 in two states, coloured and uncoloured. Loose, as issued, together with the original wrapper in a modern half-calf box.
ONLY EDITION of this very attractive work on the Alhambra. The work for which Baron Taylor will always be remembered is his monumantal publication Voyage pittoresque de la France. Of the present work, numbered plates I-X depict the entrance, court-yards, and different rooms or places within the Alhambra (plates I-IX in two states). RARE.
Large 2° (550 x 357mm). 20 tinted lithographic plates (numbered I-XI), including one plan, 9 in two states, coloured and uncoloured. Loose, as issued, together with the original wrapper in a modern half-calf box.
ONLY EDITION of this very attractive work on the Alhambra. The work for which Baron Taylor will always be remembered is his monumantal publication Voyage pittoresque de la France. Of the present work, numbered plates I-X depict the entrance, court-yards, and different rooms or places within the Alhambra (plates I-IX in two states). RARE.