Baltard,(L.P.). Lot n° 1306

Lettres ou Voyage pittoresque dans les Alpes, en passant par la route de Lyon et le Mont-Cénis; Suivi d'un Recueil de Vues des Monumens antiques de Rome et des principales Fabriques pittoresques de cette ville. Paris, Crapelet for the author, 1806. gr.4°. 2 ll., aquatint frontisp., 28 pp. 48 aquatint plates. marb. Old leather d. Zt. with rsch. Brunet VI, 20177; Kissner Coll. 531I; cf. Beraldi I, 88 u. Th./B. II, 424 (first edition of the "Vues" of 1801) as well as DG 10.7124 (revised edition of both volumes of 1822); not in Cicognara, Fossati Bellani, Lonchamp and Wäber. - First edition of the Lettres, second edition of the Vues. - Atmospheric pictures of Roman architecture. Baltard was originally a landscape painter, on his travels to Italy he was so impressed by the beauty of the Italian buildings that he now devoted himself to architecture. - The plates with protective covers, slightly foxed, 6 plates slightly coloured. Mirror and endpapers with glue shadow. - From Wittelsbach estates, with bookplate and stamp. - With aquatint frontispiece and 48 aquatint plates. Contemporary half leather. Slight foxing.