From William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 29, 2011
About this Item
A lithographic portrait on wove paper of French author and atlas-maker Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, by Delpech after Antoine Maurin. Hand-tinted (clothing and hair), with a facsimile of Las Cases's signature beneath. Sheet size is 29cm x 46cm / 11.5 x 18 inches. At lower right: "Lith de Delpech a Paris". At lower left: "Maurin (signature/monogram)". Foxing, but a fresh and attractive copy. Several varieties and sizes of these lithographs exist, with and without facsimile signatures. From the French work: "Iconographie des Contemporains, ou, Portraits des Personnes dont les noms se rattachent plus pariculièrement, soit par leurs actions, soit par leurs écrits, aux divers événements qui ont eu lieu en France, depuis 1789, jusqu'en 1829 : avec les fac-simile de l'écriture de chacune d'elles / / lithographiés par les plus habiles artistes, d'après les Peintures, Sculptures et dessins de MM. David [et al.] et plusieurs lithographiés d'après nature par MM. Hesse, Dupré et Maurin.". Seller Inventory # 56207
Bibliographic Details
Title: LAS-CASES. [Portrait of Emmanuel, comte de ...
Publisher: [Paris: Delpech, c.1842].
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