[BACLER d'ALBE Louis]
Souvenirs pittoresques du Général Bacler d'Albe. Paris, Engelmann, sd. (1818) volume I.
1 vol. In-4 oblong, bound in red morocco, smooth spine titled in gold.
Embellished with a portrait of the General by Le Guay and 100 lithographs (Souvenirs pittoresques des Alpes et du Valais, de Savoie et d'Italie) by Engelmann. 
Bears a label on the second cover "Morizet marchand papetier rue du Faubourg Poissonière, n°9 au coin de celle Bergère à Paris".
Scattered foxing in places on some plates.

Rare work featuring lithographs by Engelmann (who introduced the lithographic process to France), known as "Souvenirs pittoresques des Alpes et du Valais de Savoie et d'Italie". Bacler d'Albe was a French general, cartographer and painter of the Revolution and Empire who played a historic role in the development of Napoleonic strategy, cartography and battle painting.
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[BACLER d'ALBE Louis] Souvenirs pittoresques du Général Bacler d'Albe. Paris, Engelmann, sd. (1818) volume I. 1 vol. In-4 oblong, bound in red morocco, smooth spine titled in gold. Embellished with a portrait of the General by Le Guay and 100 lithographs (Souvenirs pittoresques des Alpes et du Valais, de Savoie et d'Italie) by Engelmann. Bears a label on the second cover "Morizet marchand papetier rue du Faubourg Poissonière, n°9 au coin de celle Bergère à Paris". Scattered foxing in places on some plates. Rare work featuring lithographs by Engelmann (who introduced the lithographic process to France), known as "Souvenirs pittoresques des Alpes et du Valais de Savoie et d'Italie". Bacler d'Albe was a French general, cartographer and painter of the Revolution and Empire who played a historic role in the development of Napoleonic strategy, cartography and battle painting.

Estimate
€800 - €1,200
Result
€2,100
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26%
[BACLER d'ALBE Louis] Souvenirs pittoresques du Général Bacler d'Albe. Paris, Engelmann, sd. (1818) volume I. 1 vol. In-4 oblong, bound in red morocco, smooth spine titled in gold. Embellished with a portrait of the General by Le Guay and 100 lithographs (Souvenirs pittoresques des Alpes et du Valais, de Savoie et d'Italie) by Engelmann. Bears a label on the second cover "Morizet marchand papetier rue du Faubourg Poissonière, n°9 au coin de celle Bergère à Paris". Scattered foxing in places on some plates. Rare work featuring lithographs by Engelmann (who introduced the lithographic process to France), known as "Souvenirs pittoresques des Alpes et du Valais de Savoie et d'Italie". Bacler d'Albe was a French general, cartographer and painter of the Revolution and Empire who played a historic role in the development of Napoleonic strategy, cartography and battle painting.
Sale Saturday 21 March・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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