Émile-Aubert LESSORE, William WYLD
Voyage pittoresque dans la Régence d'Alger exécuté en 1833, et lithographié par E. Lessore, & W. Wyld. Dédié à Mr. Horace Vernet[Picturesque Journey through the Regency of Algiers, Executed in 1833, and Lithographed by E. Lessore & W. Wyld. Dedicated to Mr. Horace Vernet.]
CHARLES MOTTE|Paris 1835|34 x 52.8 cm|Relié
First edition of this important album devoted to Algiers and several towns of the Regency, published in Paris by Charles Motte in 1835. The work comprises 50 lithographs on mounted China paper after drawings by Émile-Aubert Lessore and William Wyld, printed by Charles Motte. It was first issued in five thematic parts devoted to buildings, landscapes, types and scenes, before being gathered into a single volume. Cf. Gérard Sangnier, Bibliothèque algérienne, no. 207; Playfair, 517; Tailliart, 896; Gay, 919; Brunet III, 1018. Not in Blackmer.
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