Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 314

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
CICERI, EUGENE. Les Pyrenees. Dessinees d'apres Nature & Lithographees. Premiere Partie Luchons & Ses Environs; Deuxieme Partie Les Hautes & Basses Pyrenees. 2 parts in one. Tinted lithographed titles lettered in gold, lithographed additional title, 2 maps (one color-printed, one folding) and 83 lithographed plates (19 folding or multi-sheet panoramas; 9 hand-colored and heightened with gum arabic.) Oblong folio, 11 1/2x16 inches, publisher's morocco backed gilt cloth with brass clasps, all edges red and gauffered with gilt, lightly worn, one clasp partially lacking; plates bright and clean with only the occasional mark of foxing; contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Luchon: Lafont, circa 1876

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Spectacular scenic views of the Pyrenees Mountains and surrounding areas. Plate count generally varies from example to example, but this is one of the largest, most complete copies we have located. Labarère, Essai de Bibliographie Pyrénéiste, 396.