Lot 405 Alexandre Jules Monthelier u. Jean-Louis Tirpenne. Eaux des Pyrénées, vues …

Eaux des Pyrénées, vues dessinées d'après nature. Mit lithographischem Titel und 25 lithographischen Tafeln von Jules Monthélier und Jean-Louis Tirpenne. Paris, Tirpenne / Bagnères de Bigorre, Jalon / London, Tilt u.a., o.J. (um 1830). 1 Bl., 36 S. (recte 40 S.), Taf. Folio. Braunes Ldr. auf 5 Bünden mit goldgepr. RSchild, RVerg., Goldfileten u. marmor. Buntpapierbezug auf den Deckeln sowie umseitigem Farbschnitt (berieben, bestoßen, tls. beschabt).

Frankreich - Pyrenäen

Geographie und Reisen – Einzige Ausgabe. - Sehr selten. - Bibliographie de la France XIX (1830), 3606. - Perret 3077. - Mit hs. Besitzvermerk auf Vorsatz. - Buchbinder Etikett H. I. Forssdahl auf hinterem Vorsatz. - Die schönen lithographischen Tafeln zeigen u.a.: "Etablissement des eaux chaudes. Vallée d'Osseau", "Entrée de la gorge des eaux chaudes. Vallée d'Osseau", "Costumes pyrénées", "Le pont de la raillère. A Cauteretz", "Cascade di Cerizet. Val de Iéret", "Le Lac de Gaube. Vallée de Gaube", "Eglise des Templieres", "Saint Sauveur", "Le pont de Sia", "Etablissement thermal de Barèges", "Grottes de Gèdres", "Cirque de Gavarnie", "La Breche de Roland", "Bagnères de Bigorre", "Les bords de l'Adour". - Die Tafeln jeweils mit Blindstempel "Tirpenne Liraire". Das Tafelwerk von Alexandre Jules Monthélier und Jean-Louis Tirpenne dokumentiert um 1830 die damals aufkommende Kur- und Reisebegeisterung für die Thermalbäder und landschaftlichen Sehenswürdigkeiten der Pyrenäen. Die Ansichten der Bäder von Eaux-Chaudes, Cauterets, Saint-Sauveur und Barèges sowie der Naturschauspiele wie dem Cirque de Gavarnie und der Brèche de Roland zählen zu den bekanntesten lithographischen Darstellungen der Region aus dieser Zeit und sind ein anschauliches Zeugnis der frühen touristischen Erschließung der französischen Pyrenäen. - Stockfleckig. Ränder gebräunt.

Geography and Travel – With lithographic title and 25 lithographic plates by Jules Monthélier and Jean-Louis Tirpenne.Brown leather over 5 raised bands with gilt-lettered spine label, gilt spine tooling, gilt fillets, and marbled paper boards, with matching marbled edges (rubbed, bumped, partly scuffed) First and only edition. - Very rare. - With handwritten ownership inscription on the front endpaper. - Binder's label of H. I. Forssdahl on the rear endpaper. - The fine lithographic plates depict, among others: "Établissement des eaux chaudes. Vallée d'Osseau," "Entrée de la gorge des eaux chaudes. Vallée d'Osseau," "Costumes pyrénées," "Le pont de la Raillère. À Cauterets," "Cascade de Cérizet. Val de Jéret," "Le Lac de Gaube. Vallée de Gaube," "Église des Templiers," "Saint-Sauveur," "Le pont de Sia," "Établissement thermal de Barèges," "Grottes de Gèdre," "Cirque de Gavarnie," "La Brèche de Roland," "Bagnères de Bigorre," "Les bords de l'Adour." - Each plate bearing the blindstamp "Tirpenne Liraire." The plate work by Alexandre Jules Monthélier and Jean-Louis Tirpenne documents the burgeoning enthusiasm around 1830 for spa cures and travel to the thermal baths and scenic sights of the Pyrenees. The views of the baths at Eaux-Chaudes, Cauterets, Saint-Sauveur, and Barèges, together with natural wonders such as the Cirque de Gavarnie and the Brèche de Roland, rank among the best-known lithographic depictions of the region from this period and offer vivid testimony to the early tourist development of the French Pyrenees. - Foxed. Margins browned.

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