Wright, G. N. und Thomas Allom France illustrated,... Lot n° 290

France Wright, G. N. and Thomas Allom France illustrated, exhibiting its landscape scenery, antiquities, millitary and ecclesiastical architecture. Vol. I-III + IV (Supplement) in 4 vols. With 2 engraved. Frontispieces, 4 engraved. Engraved titles and 128 steel engraved views. London, Paris, Fisher, n.d. (1845-47). 2 vols, 24 p., pp. 5-80, 2 vols, 24 p., pp. 5-60 and 64 p., 228 pp. 4°. HLdrbde. d. Zt. with gilt stamped title on each 2 RS labels and some gilt (somewhat rubbed). First edition. - Andres II, 529 - Graesse VI/2, 477 - The views after Thomas Allom and Eugène Lami resp., engraved by Turnbull, Carter and others. The steel engravings after Allom show views of Marseille, St. Cloud (park), Bordeaux, Toulouse, Fontainebleau, Avignon, Lyon, Paris as well as views from valleys of the Rhone, L'Oire, Isère, the Alps and the Pyrenees. - Some pages somewhat browned and slightly foxed. - Overall good copies in contemporary bindings. In contemporary bindings. - Includes: Diezmann, A., Malerische Wanderungen durch Paris. With ca. 300 partly fulls. Woodcuts by first artists from Paris (including Daumier). Leipzig, 1844. gr.-8°. HLdr. d. Zt. With decor. RVerg. (somewhat rubbed). - Partly brownstained. - Including: Hellwald, F.v., Frankreich in Wort und Bild. 2 vols. With 458 illustrations in the text and plates. Leipzig, 1886/87. 4°. HLdrbde. d. (more heavily scuffed, 1 joint with rubbing). - Name on title, overall clean copy.