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[LORY, Gabriel, the Younger.] Voyage Pittoresque de Genève à Milan par le Simplon. Paris: P.Didot l'ainé, 1811.
2° (559 x 428mm). Half-title. 35 FINE HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT VIEWS after Lory, each on a sheet (455 x 338mm) mounted to size and bordered with a thick black ink line recto and verso of each mount. (First and last few text leaves spotted, some other text leaves with light spotting, the first plate with some discolouration of the sky, the fourth plate with small area of colour smudged.) Contemporary English light brown calf, tooled in gilt and blind, g.e. (worn, covers detached).
FIRST EDITION. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, APPARENTLY UNRECORDED ISSUE OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED BOOKS ON SWISS SCENERY. Longchamp and Brunet record 60 large paper copies were issued in the format atlantique (475 x 375mm) without the plates mounted to size. This copy has the text printed on significantly larger paper with the plates mounted to size apparently by the publisher. Cf. Longchamp 1858; cf. Brunet V.1379.
2° (559 x 428mm). Half-title. 35 FINE HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT VIEWS after Lory, each on a sheet (455 x 338mm) mounted to size and bordered with a thick black ink line recto and verso of each mount. (First and last few text leaves spotted, some other text leaves with light spotting, the first plate with some discolouration of the sky, the fourth plate with small area of colour smudged.) Contemporary English light brown calf, tooled in gilt and blind, g.e. (worn, covers detached).
FIRST EDITION. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, APPARENTLY UNRECORDED ISSUE OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED BOOKS ON SWISS SCENERY. Longchamp and Brunet record 60 large paper copies were issued in the format atlantique (475 x 375mm) without the plates mounted to size. This copy has the text printed on significantly larger paper with the plates mounted to size apparently by the publisher. Cf. Longchamp 1858; cf. Brunet V.1379.