Sicile - Messine

Reference: S46982
Author Napoleon SAUVAGE
Year: 1830 ca.
Zone: Messina
Printed: Paris
Measures: 242 x 180 mm
€70.00

Reference: S46982
Author Napoleon SAUVAGE
Year: 1830 ca.
Zone: Messina
Printed: Paris
Measures: 242 x 180 mm
€70.00

Description

View taken from L'Italie pittoresque [...]. Gravures sur acier d'après les dessins de madame D'Haubecourt-Lescot, de Mm. le Comte de Forbin, Granet, Deveria[...], published in Paris from 1834 to 1836.

A beautiful guide to Italy, first published in 1834, consisting of the accounts of such people as Norvins, Nodier, Dumas, Berlioz (author of the chapter entitled Voyage musicale) and others with beautiful steel engravings from drawings by Madame D'Haubecourt-Lescot, the Comte de Forbin, Granet, Deveria, etc.

 

Copperplate, in excellent condition.

Napoleon SAUVAGE

A view taken from the "Italie Pittoresque. Descriptif Tableau Historique et de l'Italie, du Piemont et de la Sardaigne, de la Sicile, de Malte et de la Corse .." published in Paris between 1834 and 1836. The book contains writings by various authors on the peninsula, including De Norvins, Nodier and Dumas, and is richly illustrated with numerous views recorded by Sauvage, Dormier and other designs by Coignet, Chapuy and other French painters in the first half of 800 visiting the peninsula. Bibliography: p. Cremonini. 198/200, 120.

Napoleon SAUVAGE

A view taken from the "Italie Pittoresque. Descriptif Tableau Historique et de l'Italie, du Piemont et de la Sardaigne, de la Sicile, de Malte et de la Corse .." published in Paris between 1834 and 1836. The book contains writings by various authors on the peninsula, including De Norvins, Nodier and Dumas, and is richly illustrated with numerous views recorded by Sauvage, Dormier and other designs by Coignet, Chapuy and other French painters in the first half of 800 visiting the peninsula. Bibliography: p. Cremonini. 198/200, 120.