Lot 335
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PEREZ DE VILLAAMIL, Genaro (1807-1854). España artistica y monumental: vistas y descripcion de los sitios y monumentos mas notables de España. Paris: Alberto Hauser, 1842-1850. 3 vols, 2° (570 x 405mm). Text printed in two columns, in Spanish and French, by Patricio de la Escosura. 143 tinted lithographic plates. (Occasional spotting mainly to text leaves in vols I and II.) Contemporary red half morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments with red and black morocco labels, all edges gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: MC (unidentified label to upper covers; bookplate).
PEREZ DE VILLAAMIL, Genaro (1807-1854). España artistica y monumental: vistas y descripcion de los sitios y monumentos mas notables de España. Paris: Alberto Hauser, 1842-1850. 3 vols, 2° (570 x 405mm). Text printed in two columns, in Spanish and French, by Patricio de la Escosura. 143 tinted lithographic plates. (Occasional spotting mainly to text leaves in vols I and II.) Contemporary red half morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments with red and black morocco labels, all edges gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: MC (unidentified label to upper covers; bookplate).

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PEREZ DE VILLAAMIL, Genaro (1807-1854). España artistica y monumental: vistas y descripcion de los sitios y monumentos mas notables de España. Paris: Alberto Hauser, 1842-1850. 3 vols, 2° (570 x 405mm). Text printed in two columns, in Spanish and French, by Patricio de la Escosura. 143 tinted lithographic plates. (Occasional spotting mainly to text leaves in vols I and II.) Contemporary red half morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments with red and black morocco labels, all edges gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: MC (unidentified label to upper covers; bookplate).

A sumptuous work of picturesque views of Spain in the 19th-century. The lithographs of Pérez de Villaamil became highly sought after in France. Palau 222728. With another work: a volume relating to the Church of Bathala, Portugal. (4)

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