"MÉliand - Picturesque Views Of The Vendée. 36 Lithographs. Binding Signed Bonnemort."
MÉLIAND (J.-R.) - Picturesque views, to serve the history of the Vendée. Paris, Imprimerie de C. Motte, 1840; oblong folio, 14 pp. + 36 plates with explanation of the plates, bound in full navy blue morocco (modern), smooth spine, under beautiful lined casing, covered with beautiful blue gray moiré paper. Binding from the 60s, signed J. Bonnemort. Preface by the author, followed by the explanation of the plates, and the 36 plates printed in lithography. Magnificent album on the Vendée and its monuments. Period cover preserved. Superb work of Vendée regionalism. These plates are drawn by Faure, Méliand, Guyot, Guérard, Langlace, Renoux, Jorand, Paris, Villeneuve and all are printed in lithographs, by C. Motte. Very good state.