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ALBANIS - BEAUMONT, Jean Francois.
Select Views of the Antiquities and Harbours in the South of France; with Topographical and Historical Descriptions. / By the Author of the Rhaetian Alps
Beautiful copy illustrated with aquatints enhanced by hand. French native of Savoy, Jean-François Albanis de Beaumont makes many trips that inspire his drawings. In particular, he accompanies William of Hanover during his Grand Tour and thus travels through part of southern Europe. A few years after this trip, he became a naturalized Englishman and published this book in London, which offers an overview of the most beautiful sites in the south of France.
- Published
- London: W. Faden & J. Edwards, 1794.
- References
- Benezit I:233; Abbey Travel 51; Cox I:164; Bobins II 509; Prideaux p. 327.
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: W. Faden & J. Edwards, 1794.
- Ref
- 1003
Rebound in 3/4 red leather binding with gilt in bands to spine, repeat decorative motifs in gilt, coloured leather labels in gilt to spine. Fresh endpapers. Complete with 16 plates, including engraved title, 12 finely hand-coloured aquatints of French views, two town plans, and one plate of bas-reliefs of antique ornaments. Folio. Aside from minor offsetting from plates, this scarce book is in very good condition. The plates are clean and crisp. P. (6), Engr. title, blank, introduction 3-4, 5-54, index of plates (2), (6). The plates are signed. Coloured plates in order: 1. Harbour of Antibes. 2. Toulon. 3. Antiquity of St. Remi. 4. Harbour & City of Marseilles. 5. Canal of Orgon. 6. Entrance of the Bay of Toulon. 7. Temple of Caius & Lucius Caesar or Maison Carree. 8. Colossaeum or Amphitheatre at Nismes. 9. Turris Magna or Tourmagne. 10. Pont du Gard. 11. Triumphal Arch or Orange in Dauphiny. 12. Pyramid near Vienna in Dauphiny.
