Auguste de Lagarde- Messence [Auguste de LA GARDE]
Coup d'œil sur Alexandrebad et Louisebourg dans le cercle du Haut-Mayn en Bavière[A Glimpse of Alexandrebad and Louisebourg in the Upper Main District of Bavaria]
François Hubschmann|Munich 1819|15.2 x 23.3 cm|Relié
Very rare first edition, published in Munich in 1819, illustrated with a frontispiece and five hors-texte lithographic plates by Carl Friedrich Heinzmann, bearing the signature “Carl Heinzmann fec. 1819”. Cf. Quérard, IV, 424; Pfeiffer, 220.
Modern Bradel-style binding in full grey paper-covered boards, smooth spine with longitudinal red morocco lettering-piece. Original plain blue-grey wrappers preserved. Some foxing, lower wrapper soiled.
One of the plates bears a Latin dedication to Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria, celebrated as “father of...
€3,800