Lot 295
America.- Blouet (Guillaume Abel) Chutes du Niagara. Niagara Falls, first edition, Paris, Delpech, 1838.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000
Description
America.- Blouet (Guillaume Abel) Chutes du Niagara. Niagara Falls, first edition, title with partially coloured map inset, 2 text leaves and 6 hand-coloured plates, lithographed by Jean-Charles-Joseph Redmond after the drawings of Blouet, text and captions in French and English, lacking half-title, some foxing, contemporary half cloth over ?original boards with printed paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Bobins 38], folio, Paris, Delpech, 1838.
⁂ On a tour of American prisons, Blouet, an architect specialising in prson designs, made a detour to visit the Niagara Falls, whose might and splendour he captures in these superb plates.
Description
America.- Blouet (Guillaume Abel) Chutes du Niagara. Niagara Falls, first edition, title with partially coloured map inset, 2 text leaves and 6 hand-coloured plates, lithographed by Jean-Charles-Joseph Redmond after the drawings of Blouet, text and captions in French and English, lacking half-title, some foxing, contemporary half cloth over ?original boards with printed paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Bobins 38], folio, Paris, Delpech, 1838.
⁂ On a tour of American prisons, Blouet, an architect specialising in prson designs, made a detour to visit the Niagara Falls, whose might and splendour he captures in these superb plates.
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