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LABORDE, Leon, Comte de (1807-1869)

Lot 142
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Lot 142 | LABORDE, Leon, Comte de (1807-1869)
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£ 5 000 – 7 000
LABORDE, Leon, Comte de (1807-1869)
Voyage de la Syrie par Mrs. Alexandre de Laborde, Becker, Hall, et Leon de Laborde. Paris: Firmin Didot, Frères Editeurs, Imprimerie de l’Institut de France, 1837
The first edition of Leon de Laborde’s beautifully illustrated descriptions of the Levant, its landscapes, its architecture and its people. Laborde was a French archaeologist, politician and draughtsman who travelled throughout southern Europe, Egypt and the Middle East. Laborde gave up on his position as a secretary of the French embassy in Rome in 1845 while remaining in charge of the antiquities at the Louvre, dedicating himself to publishing accounts of his travels and a study on the history of engraving. Brunet III, 714.

Large folio (590 x 420mm). 74 leaves, lithographic title with vignette of ruins of Palmyra, 2 historiated woodcut initials within borders by Fragonard but without the introductory text, 157 tinted lithographs on 74 plates, by Letronne and Freeman after Laborde, Champmartin, Deroy and others, a few plates printed with touches of colour (some occasional spotting, mostly light, but a couple of leaves heavily affected). Modern brown half morocco (extremities lightly rubbed).
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Books and manuscripts, Printed books
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