Jean Marie Nicolas BRALLE
Nouvelles fontaines érigées à Paris, de l'ordre et par la munificience de Napoléon le Grand
Chez Joubert fils • chez Bance|Paris 1810|27.50 x 41.50 cm|relié
Rare first edition consisting of an allegorical title engraved with Napoleon's arms and 59 steel-engraved plates by Boizot, Beauvallet, Vallois after drawings by Bralle. All the engravings are executed with great finesse and present a scale and aerial view at the bottom of each plate. The work would later appear under another title in 1812, without mention of Napoleon, with descriptive text by Amaury Duval: Les fontaines de Paris, anciennes et nouvelles. In later editions, the illustration would be expanded, notably in 1828.
19th-century half black shagreen binding with corners, marbled paper boards, all edges speckled, tail headcap worn and corners very lightly rubbed.
Some scattered foxing on title and endpapers.
Handsome copy.
19th-century half black shagreen binding with corners, marbled paper boards, all edges speckled, tail headcap worn and corners very lightly rubbed.
Some scattered foxing on title and endpapers.
Handsome copy.
€1,000