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Paris: R. Lebrasseur, 1850. Decorative Boards. Very Good. A lovely mid 19th century color plate book, with 22 chromolithographs plus title page. Oblong octavo, navy-blue boards, with decorative blindstamping and brigh gilt-titling ("Voyage de Paris a Versailles") at the front panel. The 1850 1st edition, published by R. Lebrasseur of Paris, the lithography executed by Becquet Freres, also of Paris. A bright, very presentable copy, with light staining to the boards and offsetting at the pastedowns and the endsheets. All of the plates, save 2 or 3 (which show just a touch of spotting encroaching along their margins), are clean and very sharp.
Le Touriste En Chemin De Fer. Ligne De Paris A Versailles. Trains De Plaisir. -
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Le Touriste en chemin de fer. Ligne de Paris a Versailles. Trains de Plaisir.
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Oblong (15 x 23 cm). Title-page, and 22 hand-coloured lithographed plates (including a frontispiece and a map). Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth with title ("Voyage de Paris a Versaille") in gilt on the front board. In very good condition, with the plates foxed and the binding gently rubbed.
A lovely colour plate book with views of historic sites along the line Paris-Versaille, built in the 1840's.
The plates include views of Courbevoie, Suresnes, St. Cloud, Sèvres, Ville d'Avray, and Versaille (12 views), lithographed by De Becquet frères after Provost. Lebrasseur also published a similar collection with views along the line Paris-Chartres.
Not in SPL Collection.
A lovely colour plate book with views of historic sites along the line Paris-Versaille, built in the 1840's.
The plates include views of Courbevoie, Suresnes, St. Cloud, Sèvres, Ville d'Avray, and Versaille (12 views), lithographed by De Becquet frères after Provost. Lebrasseur also published a similar collection with views along the line Paris-Chartres.
Not in SPL Collection.
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- Publisher R. Lebrasseur
- Place of Publication Paris
- Date Published [ca. 1850]
- Keywords Railway, Colour Plate Books, France
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Les Trains de Plaisir -- Le Touriste en Chemin de Fer: Ligne de Paris a Versailles
by A. Provost
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Les Trains de Plaisir, le Touriste en Chemin de Fer Ligne de Paris a Versailles
by PROVOST, A
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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New York, New York, United States
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1850. PROVOST, A. Les Trains de Plaisir, le Touriste en Chemin de Fer Ligne de Paris a Versailles. Title and 22 coloured lithographs including 1 caricature, 20 views and 1 map. Oblong 8vo, 150 x 230 mm., publisher's blind-stamped green cloth with title ("Voyage de Paris a Versaille") in gilt on front board. Paris: [R. Lebrasseur], 1850. A lovely colour plate book with views of historic sites along the line Paris-Versaille, the train station (embarcadére), Courbevoie, St. Cloud, Suresnes, Sèvres, Ville d Avray, several views of the castle and parks in Versailles. In very good condition.
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