Lot 267
Laborde, Alexandre L. J., Comte de
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 17 May 2017 at 12:00 BST
£1,000
Description
Voyage Pittoresque et Historique de l'Espagne. Paris, 1806. Folio, a portion of the work only with frontispiece and 77 plates on 61 leaves only, lacking half-title but engraved title, introduction pp.iii-x and pp. 1-72 present, modern half calf with red morocco and gilt label to spine by the Lancaster University Library Bindery, with repair and conservation notes from the bindery, custom box, some soiling and a little dampstaining throughout, several plates sensitively but extensively repaired; with 5 loose plates, some additional to those bound into book, two with the stamps of the Forbes Library, MA., and one with the stamp of Chelsea Public Library