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[CHARPENTIER, Henri (1806-1862)]

Lot 249
13.07.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 992883
Lot 249 | [CHARPENTIER, Henri (1806-1862)]
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£ 5 000 – 8 000
[CHARPENTIER, Henri (1806-1862)]

Recueil des Costumes de la Bretagne & des autres Contrées de la France, ou la Mise des habitans offre quelque singularité remarquable, dédié a son Altesse Royale Madame, Duchesse de Berry, par ses très humbles serviteurs… Nantes: Charpentier Père, Fils et Cie, Editeurs, [1829-1831].

The earliest and highest quality work devoted to the costumes of the Bretagne region. Charpentier, an engraver in Nantes, obtained the patent to work a lithographer in 1828. The work includes images of the stilt walkers of Les Landes, wrestlers, fishermen and local tradespeople and women. Colas wrote: ‘These plates mostly lithographed by H. Charpentier are of very great interest for the regional customs and costumes of the French countryside’. Charpentier dedicated the book to Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798-1870), an Italian princess who married into the French royal family. Bobins III, 921; Colas 612; Lipperheide Fe 7; Rahir 365; Vinet 2279.



Two volumes in one, folio (355 x 260mm). Vol. I with lithographic title with vignette, subscription form, complete with 10 livraison pages of the first volume on different coloured paper and the original printed vignette wrappers to livraisons 11-16 (second volume), Vol. II also with calligraphic title, 120 (60 in each volume) lithographic plates by Charpentier, each coloured by a contemporary hand and within triple ruled borders, captioned below, title at head, numbered and bound by ‘Department’ (light spotting, occasional staining and offsetting). Later red half calf and marbled paper-covered boards, spine in six compartments with raised bands, morocco lettering piece to second, others with centrepiece ornament in black and gilt borders.





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Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Printed books
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