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LABORDE (ALEXANDRE LOUIS JOSEPH, Comte de) Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, 4 parts in 2 vol., 1806-1820 image 1
LABORDE (ALEXANDRE LOUIS JOSEPH, Comte de) Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, 4 parts in 2 vol., 1806-1820 image 2
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LABORDE (ALEXANDRE LOUIS JOSEPH, Comte de)
Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, 4 parts in 2 vol.

22 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
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LABORDE (ALEXANDRE LOUIS JOSEPH, Comte de)

Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, engraved frontispiece by Du Parc after Charles Percier in volume one, 273 engraved plates after Liger, Dutailly, Moulinier, Vauzelle, the author and others (many showing 2 or more subjects), 2 double-page engraved maps, blindstamp in margin of title and plates, short tear repaired to one plate and 2 text leaves, later green half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g. [Berlin Kat. 2769; Millard, French 83; Palau 128975], folio (580 x 430mm.), Paris, Pierre Didot l'Ainé, 1806-1812-1820

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"Voyage pittoresque was "a monumental, comprehensive, encyclopedic report, in which are recorded many monuments that have now disappeared... the most magnificent, extensive, and accurate work published on Spain to that date" (Millard). Laborde, the son of a wealthy banker, was attached to the embassy of Lucien Bonaparte in Spain in 1800. He subsequently travelled throughout the Spanish peninsula, accompanied by a number of gifted draftsmen, recording in detail both the ancient and Moorish monuments.

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