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BORGET, Auguste (1808-1877)

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Lot 105 | BORGET, Auguste (1808-1877)
BORGET, Auguste (1808-1877)

La Chine et les Chinois. Paris : Goupil et Vibert, 1842.

Exemplaire de dédicace, relié au chiffre couronné du roi Louis-Philippe, provenant de sa bibliothèque de Neuilly. La vente de la bibliothèque du roi comprenait un autre exemplaire, en demi-maroquin de Simier (lot n°2692).



Cordier, IV, col. 3027 Voir aussi : Abbey, Travel, 540 (edition anglaise publiée la même année) et Lust 211 (édition anglaise).



In-folio (545 x 385 mm). Titre lithographié ; 2 pp. sur 2 feuillets reproduisant la dédicace manuscrite au roi ; 1 p. de table des planches ; 13 ff. de texte (signés 1-6^2 et 7^1) ; 25 feuillets de planches donnant au total 32 sujets. Serpentes d’origine conservées (pages de texte très brunies, mouillure claire en marge inférieure du titre, de la dédicace et des pages de texte. Piqûres éparses aux planches, quelques taches brunes à la première).

Reliure de l’époque : chagrin bleu, chiffre couronné du roi Louis-Philippe au centre des plats, multiples encadrements à froid, cirés noir et dorés, dos à doubles nerfs, filets dorés encadrant les caissons, gardes de papier maroquiné blanc, roulette dorée sur les coupes (frottements avec manques aux coins et coiffes).

Provenance : Louis-Philippe d’Orléans, roi des Français (1747-1793 ; exemplaire de dédicace, relié à son chiffre et portant le cachet « Bibliothèque du Roi (Neuilly) » en marge inférieure du titre lithographié – James de Rothschild (ex-libris et étiquette Ferrières).



Dedication copy, with the gilt monogram of King Louis-Philippe. “ The plates comprise views in Hong Kong, Macao and Canton areas. "The feeling of superiority to the Chinese, so characteristic of accounts of the 1840s, is absent here. The artist observes with a fresh eye" (Lust).

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