Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 663

 
Frankreich - Petit, V., Chateaux de la Vallée de la Loire. 1861


663
Frankreich
Petit, V., Chateaux de la Vallée de la Loire. 1861
Estimate:
€ 600 / $ 648
Sold:
€ 1,440 / $ 1,555

(incl. surcharge)
Frankreich. - Petit, V. [J.-B.], Châteaux de la vallée de la Loire des XVe, XVIe et XVIIe siècles. 2 in 1 vol. With 100 toned lithographed plates (some rolled onto Chine). Paris, Ch. Boivin 1861. Later half calf with red label. Large folio. X, 25 pp.; VI, 26 pp.
Cf. Brunet IV, 530 (edition 1860) and UCBA II, 1582 (edition 1857). - Presumably second edition of the nice work with decorative views of Loire castles. - Victor J.-B. Petit (1817-1863) was a watercolour painter and lithographer in Paris. Each plate contains indications on the year it was built, architect and owner. Showing the castles Blois, Chambord, Chateaubriant, Jalesnes, Langeais, Nantes, Nevers and Saint-Ouen, as well as town houses and palaces in Angers, Beaugency, Bourges, Orléans and Saumur. - Foxing in places (in white margin of plates), 1 text sheet mounted on extended guard, 1 text sheet remargined, 2 text sheets with rebacked small marginal defects.




663
Frankreich
Petit, V., Chateaux de la Vallée de la Loire. 1861
Estimate:
€ 600 / $ 648
Sold:
€ 1,440 / $ 1,555

(incl. surcharge)