L'Ile d'Elbe. Album recueilli sous la direction de M. Le Prince Anatole Demidoff.[The Island of Elba. Album compiled under the direction of Prince Anatole Demidoff. Picturesque views drawn from life... and lithographed in collaboration with Eugène Cicéri.]
First edition of this remarkable album devoted to the Island of Elba, published in Paris by Dusacq & Cie in 1862 and printed by Lemercier. Large folio, loose sheets: 4 pp. of text comprising the Notice historique et archéologique sur l'Ile d'Elbe, 1 lithographed dedication leaf and 18 lithographed plates, including the title-frontispiece. The views were drawn from nature by André Durand and lithographed with the collaboration of Eugène Cicéri. The Bibliothèque nationale de France likewise records the work as comprising 18 numbered plates, including the frontispiece.
Loose in a full grey cloth portfolio, housed in a modern grey cloth box. Smooth unlettered spine with two tears at head and...
