A. POQUET, Laurent Jean Baptiste BÉRENGER-FÉRAUD
Vues et types du Sénégal. Recueil de 17 aquarelles inédites signées [Views and Types of Senegal. A Collection of 17 Unpublished Signed Watercolours]
s. n.|n. l. 1873|21 x 31.5 cm|Relié
Unpublished manuscript comprising a collection of 17 captioned watercolours.
The work announced on the title page, "Vues et types du Sénégal", was never published, and the watercolours presented here were most likely intended to illustrate it.
The author of these watercolours is named at the foot of the table of plates: « A. Poquet (Del.) 1873 »., this illustrator is not recorded in either Bénézit or Bellier de La Chavignerie.
Modern half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands gilt ruled, marbled paper boards.
A restored tear to the right margin of the final watercolour.
The volume consists of a calligraphed title leaf,
€9,500