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Forbin, (L.N.P.A.)de.

Starting price
€ 3 600
Auction dateClassic
11.12.2020 10:00UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
Auktionshaus Kiefer
Event location
Germany, Pforzheim
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ID 457152
Lot 1547 | Forbin, (L.N.P.A.)de.
Forbin, (L.N.P.A.)de. Voyage dans la Levant en 1817-18. Text- u. Tafelbd. in 2 Bdn. Paris, Imprimerie Royale 1819. 8° u. Gr.Fol. Tafelbd. mit 68 (statt 70, ohne Taf. 77-78) lithogr. Taf. von G.Engelmann, 8 Aquatintaradierung von Debucourt u. 2 (statt 3) gefaltet Stahlstichpl. sowie 1 Faltpl. im Textbd. 6 Bl., 460 S. (Textbd.); 4 Bl., 132 S. (Tafelbd.). Pappband der Zeit (Text) u. Halbleder der Zeit mit goldgeprägt Rfileten. (Tls. berieben u. best.).
Graesse II, 614. Colas 1089. Blackmer 614. Röhricht 1660. - Seltene 1. Ausgabe. Sie wurde auf Subskription in nur 325 Exemplaren gedruckt. Im selben Jahr erschien auch eine zweite (billige) Ausgabe mit einem Atlas und dem Text in Oktav. - Die Tafeln, Inkunabeln der Lithographie, zeigen Ansichten von Athen, Jerusalem, Kairo, Konstantinopel, etc. und eine prächtige Gesamtans. von Jerusalem. - Tafelbd. etwas stockfleckig u. - Der Maler und Kunstgelehrte Forbin wurde 1816 Nachfolger Denons, des Begründers der Ägyptologie, als Generaldirektor der französischen Museen. In dieser Stellung erwarb er sich große Verdienste durch seine Ankäufe für den Louvre. Seine für das Louvre-Museum unternommene Sammlerreise in die Levante in den Jahren 1817 und 1818 beschreibt er im vorliegenden Werk. Die Reise führte in nach Melos, Athen, Konstantinopel, Smyrna, Ephesos, Akkon, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Kairo, Luxor und Theben. Seine Reiseskizzen wurden umgesetzt von Carle Vernet, Fragonard, Isabey, Prevost und von Forbin selbst. ""Forbin's was one of the first important French books to use lithography on a grand scale and the standard of production is equal to that of Napoléon's ""Description de l'Egypte"" or Denon's ""Voyage"" (Blackmer)." - Etw. stockfleckig, vorwiegend in den Blatträndern. Taf. 20 mit gekl. Einriss. Meist mehr oder weniger wasserrandig (gegen Ende größer werdend), inges. ordentliches u. sehr breitrandiges Ex. Alle Taf. in Plano gebunden. - Rare, first edition. Printed on subscription in only 325 copies. The plates, incunabula of lithography, with views of Athens, Jerusalem, Cairo, Constantinople, etc. and a magnificent general view of Jerusalem. 2 volumes. With 68 (instead of 70) lithographies, 8 aquatint etchings and 2 (instead of 3) folded steel engraved plans. Contemporary cased binding and contemporary half leather, partly rubbed and bumped. Somewhat foxing, plate 20 with repaired tear, partly waterstained.
Auction house category:Geography, Travel, History
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