[Rarebooks] FS: GALERIE ARMORICAINE: Exceptional Tinted Lithographs with hand-colored detailing

[Charles Agvent]

[HAND-COLORED COSTUME PLATES] LE MEDER, J. C.; LALAISSE, Hyppolite;
&    BENOIST,  Francois.  GALERIE   ARMORICAINE.  COSTUMES   ET   VUES
PITTORESQUES  DE  LA  BRETAGNE.... Nantes: Charpentier  Pere  et  Fils
1848.  First  Edition.  Two folio volumes (11" x 15")  containing  all
five   parts  bound  in   original  publisher's  red   morocco-backed,
gilt-decorated   cloth.  Illustrated  with   100  exceptional   tinted
lithographs  of costumes and dresses as well as 5 tinted  lithographed
extra   title  pages  all  with   hand-colored  detailing,  25  tinted
lithographs  of  town views and monuments of the province of  Bretagne
(Brittany)  in France, and 5 hand-colored maps. A scarce and beautiful 
work.  Roughly a dozen plates exhibit some foxing, heavy  to  only a
handful.  Most  are  clean  and  fresh. The  bindings  have  a  little
edgewear  and rubbing but are sturdy and attractive. Near Fine set and
quite scarce.                                                 $5000.00

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