Jacques-Gérard MILBERT
Voyage pittoresque à l'Île-de-France,au Cap de Bonne-Espérance et à l'Île de Ténériffe (...). Avec un atlas composé de trois cartes géographiques, et de quarante-cinq vues pittoresques dessinées sur les lieux, et gravées en partie par l'auteur[Picturesque Voyage to the Île-de-France, the Cape of Good Hope and the Island of Tenerife (...). With an atlas comprising three geographical maps and forty-five picturesque views drawn on the spot and partly engraved by the author]
A. Nepveu|Paris 1812|12.5 x 20.7 cm pour les volumes de texte & 44 x 31,5 cm pour le volume d'atlas|3 volumes reliés sous emboîtage
First edition illustrated with 3 folding tables printed on separate leaves in the second text volume and 45 engraved plates, single or folding (3 maps, 42 plans and picturesque views), most with tissue guards, in the atlas volume.
Cf. Gay 266. Toussaint & Adolphe D1100. Ryckebusch II, 5713.
Some foxing throughout the text volumes and atlas.
Bindings in half black glazed calf with corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, circles and large gilt fleurons, burgundy calf lettering and volume-numbering labels, boards covered in paste paper with a cold-stamped garland border, light rubbing to spines and boards, bindings slightly later for the text volumes; the atl
€4,800