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[Collection of 24 plates and 9 maps from Guillain's 'Voyage à la côte orientale d'Afrique'.]
[Paris: Arthus-Bertrand, 1856-7.]
24 tinted lithographs & 6 single-page engraved charts, sheets c.360 x 555mm (14 x 21¾"); 3 double-page engraved maps, sheets 555 x 720mm (21¾ x 28¼"). Some wear to all plates.
A collection of plates from the 'Voyage à la côte orientale d'Afrique exécuté pendant les années 1846, 1847 et 1848 par le brick Le Ducouëdic sous le commandement de M. Guillain'. Charles Guillain (1808-75) was sent to explore commercial prospects down the east coast of Africa, dealing with the Omani Arabs who controlled the coast from the Horn south to Zanzibar. He also recorded the geography, hydrography and the ethnology of these lands, making great use of an early camera: he persuaded the local tribesmen and women to pose for him, creating some of the oldest photographic portraits of Africans. His daguerreotypes, now in the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, have been called 'incunabula in the history of photography'. The eighteen portrait plates, containing over 50 separate photographs, include Abyssinians, Somalis, Swahili, and Omani and Zanzibar Arabs. The maps include double-page chart the Indian Ocean and the island of Mombasa, and single-page charts of Zanzibar and the environs of Mombasa.
[Ref: 31413] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
[Paris: Arthus-Bertrand, 1856-7.]
24 tinted lithographs & 6 single-page engraved charts, sheets c.360 x 555mm (14 x 21¾"); 3 double-page engraved maps, sheets 555 x 720mm (21¾ x 28¼"). Some wear to all plates.
A collection of plates from the 'Voyage à la côte orientale d'Afrique exécuté pendant les années 1846, 1847 et 1848 par le brick Le Ducouëdic sous le commandement de M. Guillain'. Charles Guillain (1808-75) was sent to explore commercial prospects down the east coast of Africa, dealing with the Omani Arabs who controlled the coast from the Horn south to Zanzibar. He also recorded the geography, hydrography and the ethnology of these lands, making great use of an early camera: he persuaded the local tribesmen and women to pose for him, creating some of the oldest photographic portraits of Africans. His daguerreotypes, now in the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, have been called 'incunabula in the history of photography'. The eighteen portrait plates, containing over 50 separate photographs, include Abyssinians, Somalis, Swahili, and Omani and Zanzibar Arabs. The maps include double-page chart the Indian Ocean and the island of Mombasa, and single-page charts of Zanzibar and the environs of Mombasa.
[Ref: 31413] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
Un Intérieur dans la Village de Mystern-Cornlis près Batavia. Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie. Atlas Pittoresque Pl.132.
Dessiné par Goupil, lith. par Bayot.
Gide Editeur. Lith. par Lemercier. [n.d. c.1846.]
Tinted lithograph. 342 x 533mm. 13½ x 21". Some spotting. Toning around the edges.
An interior in Java, Indonesia. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster. Publisher's blindstamp below title.
NLA: 1473297.
[Ref: 18860] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Goupil, lith. par Bayot.
Gide Editeur. Lith. par Lemercier. [n.d. c.1846.]
Tinted lithograph. 342 x 533mm. 13½ x 21". Some spotting. Toning around the edges.
An interior in Java, Indonesia. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster. Publisher's blindstamp below title.
NLA: 1473297.
[Ref: 18860] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Lausanne. Lac de Geneve. Pl.20.
Ed. Hostein del et lith. Lith. de Lemercier rue Seine S.G. No.55.
A Paris, chez Hocquart rue St Jacques No.64 [n.d., c.1835].
Lithograph, sheet 315 x 475mm. 12½ x 18¾". Slight foxing, mainly to margins.
View of Lausanne in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland; the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west. From a topographical series.
[Ref: 25942] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Ed. Hostein del et lith. Lith. de Lemercier rue Seine S.G. No.55.
A Paris, chez Hocquart rue St Jacques No.64 [n.d., c.1835].
Lithograph, sheet 315 x 475mm. 12½ x 18¾". Slight foxing, mainly to margins.
View of Lausanne in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland; the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west. From a topographical series.
[Ref: 25942] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Moulin A Huile En Mouvement et travaux divers executes a Moguedchou.
Arthus Bertrand, editeur. A. Bayot lith.
Imp. Becquet fr.r. des Noyers, 37, Paris. [n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured lithograph, sheet 360 x 425mm. Residue from old mount.
A camel drives a mill in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. 'Voyage a la cote orientale d'Afrique.' printed upper left.
[Ref: 7380] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Arthus Bertrand, editeur. A. Bayot lith.
Imp. Becquet fr.r. des Noyers, 37, Paris. [n.d., c.1860.]
Coloured lithograph, sheet 360 x 425mm. Residue from old mount.
A camel drives a mill in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. 'Voyage a la cote orientale d'Afrique.' printed upper left.
[Ref: 7380] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Zug. No.26.
Lith. par Cuvillier, Fig. par Bayot. Chapuy del.
Paris, chez Vreith et Hauser, Boul.d des Italiens, 11 [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 445mm. 12¼ x 17½".
View of Zug (French: Zoug, Italian: Zugo), a German-speaking city in Switzerland. The name ‘Zug’ originates from fishing vocabulary; in the Middle Ages it referred to the right to ‘pull up’ fishing nets and hence to the right to fish. With publisher's blindstamp 'V&H' to lower margin. From a topographical series, possibly 'Le Moyen Age pittoresque' 1837-39.
[Ref: 25939] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. par Cuvillier, Fig. par Bayot. Chapuy del.
Paris, chez Vreith et Hauser, Boul.d des Italiens, 11 [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph, sheet 310 x 445mm. 12¼ x 17½".
View of Zug (French: Zoug, Italian: Zugo), a German-speaking city in Switzerland. The name ‘Zug’ originates from fishing vocabulary; in the Middle Ages it referred to the right to ‘pull up’ fishing nets and hence to the right to fish. With publisher's blindstamp 'V&H' to lower margin. From a topographical series, possibly 'Le Moyen Age pittoresque' 1837-39.
[Ref: 25939] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Zurich. No.1.
Lith. par Hostein, figures par Bayot. Lith. de Bernard et Frey.
a Paris, publie par Vreith et Hauser, Boul.d des Italiens [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 445mm. 11¾ x 17½".
View of Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, located at the north-western tip of Lake Zurich. From a topographical series, possibly 'Le Moyen Age pittoresque' 1837-39.
[Ref: 25941] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. par Hostein, figures par Bayot. Lith. de Bernard et Frey.
a Paris, publie par Vreith et Hauser, Boul.d des Italiens [n.d., c.1840].
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 445mm. 11¾ x 17½".
View of Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, located at the north-western tip of Lake Zurich. From a topographical series, possibly 'Le Moyen Age pittoresque' 1837-39.
[Ref: 25941] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)