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![[Angra do Heroísmo, Azores.]](jpegs/22250.jpg)
[Angra do Heroísmo, Azores.]
Lebreton [signed in plate.]
[French, n.d., c.1860s.]
Coloured lithograph, no title. Large margins.
A view of Angra do Heroísmo, featuring the Monte Brasil volcanic peak and Fortress, looking towards the south coast of the island of Terceira, one of the Portuguese Azores islands in the North Atlantic Ocean. Shipping in the harbour. Louis Le Breton was born in Brittany, France isn 1818 and became a surgeon. He was also a talented artist (painter, draughtsman and lithographer) who served on board the Astrolabe (1839-1840), making paintings and drawings of Australian, New Zealand and other Pacific and far eastern subjects. He died in Paris in 1866.
[Ref: 22250] £370.00
Lebreton [signed in plate.]
[French, n.d., c.1860s.]
Coloured lithograph, no title. Large margins.
A view of Angra do Heroísmo, featuring the Monte Brasil volcanic peak and Fortress, looking towards the south coast of the island of Terceira, one of the Portuguese Azores islands in the North Atlantic Ocean. Shipping in the harbour. Louis Le Breton was born in Brittany, France isn 1818 and became a surgeon. He was also a talented artist (painter, draughtsman and lithographer) who served on board the Astrolabe (1839-1840), making paintings and drawings of Australian, New Zealand and other Pacific and far eastern subjects. He died in Paris in 1866.
[Ref: 22250] £370.00
L'Astrolabe faisant de l'eau sur un glaçon, 6 Février 1838.
Dessiné par L. Le Breton. Lith.é par E. de Laplante. Lith. de Thierry Frères, Paris.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 340mm. Publisher's blind stamp.
The crew of the Astrolabe making drinking water from the Antarctic ice. 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.
[Ref: 11046] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par L. Le Breton. Lith.é par E. de Laplante. Lith. de Thierry Frères, Paris.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 340mm. Publisher's blind stamp.
The crew of the Astrolabe making drinking water from the Antarctic ice. 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.
[Ref: 11046] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Baie De Sarah’s Bosom (Iles Auckland)
Dessiné par Le Breton. lith.par Sabatier. Imp par Lemercier.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 280 x 340mm (11 x 13¼"). Publisher's blind stamp.
The Astrolabe & Zélée anchored off the Auckland Islands, 300 miles south of South Island, New Zealand. For eight days in March 1840 the expedition's scientists explored the region, collecting bird, plant and rock samples. Their surgeon, Louis Le Breton, painted this scene 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.
[Ref: 35522] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Le Breton. lith.par Sabatier. Imp par Lemercier.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 280 x 340mm (11 x 13¼"). Publisher's blind stamp.
The Astrolabe & Zélée anchored off the Auckland Islands, 300 miles south of South Island, New Zealand. For eight days in March 1840 the expedition's scientists explored the region, collecting bird, plant and rock samples. Their surgeon, Louis Le Breton, painted this scene 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.
[Ref: 35522] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Rives du Bio Bio a Six Milles de Conception.
Dessiné par Le Breton, lith.par Bichbois. Imp Lemercier, Benard et c.e.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1846.]
Hand coloured lithograph on india. 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"). Backing paper browned, not affecting image.
A view of the Bio Bio region of Chile, painted by Louis Le Breton and published in the first volume of '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. Le Breton (1818-1866) was the surgeon on the voyage but became illustator after the death of the original artist.
[Ref: 43289] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Le Breton, lith.par Bichbois. Imp Lemercier, Benard et c.e.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1846.]
Hand coloured lithograph on india. 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"). Backing paper browned, not affecting image.
A view of the Bio Bio region of Chile, painted by Louis Le Breton and published in the first volume of '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. Le Breton (1818-1866) was the surgeon on the voyage but became illustator after the death of the original artist.
[Ref: 43289] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et la Zélée. aux ordres du Ct. Dumont D'Urville, dans le coup de vent du Janvier 1840. Parages de cercle Polaire Antarctique.
Dess. et Lith. par Louis Le Breton.
Imp. Auguste Bry, 114 r. du Bac, Paris. [n.d., c.1845.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 450 x 635mm (17¾ x 25"). Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line. Nicks in edges.
One of two very rare separately-published lithographs, this showing the Astrolabe and the Zélée in a hurricane, surrounded by icebergs and penguins. In 1837 Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) was sent to try to claim the southern magnetic pole for France. He returned to home in 1840 and was killed in France's first railway disaster two years later.
[Ref: 45618] £850.00
Dess. et Lith. par Louis Le Breton.
Imp. Auguste Bry, 114 r. du Bac, Paris. [n.d., c.1845.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 450 x 635mm (17¾ x 25"). Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line. Nicks in edges.
One of two very rare separately-published lithographs, this showing the Astrolabe and the Zélée in a hurricane, surrounded by icebergs and penguins. In 1837 Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) was sent to try to claim the southern magnetic pole for France. He returned to home in 1840 and was killed in France's first railway disaster two years later.
[Ref: 45618] £850.00
Ile et Place de Cronstadt. Cronstadt Island and Strong Place.
Le Breton.
à Paris chez Gosselin, Imp Edit r. St. Jacques 71. [n.d., c.1856.]
Tinted lithograph, printed area 350 x 470mm. A few small marginal tears.
Kronstadt, the fortress on Kotlin Island, guarding the approaches to Saint Petersburg throught the Gulf of Finland. During the Crimean War the Baltic Fleet of the Allies considered it too strong to approach.
[Ref: 3779] £450.00
Le Breton.
à Paris chez Gosselin, Imp Edit r. St. Jacques 71. [n.d., c.1856.]
Tinted lithograph, printed area 350 x 470mm. A few small marginal tears.
Kronstadt, the fortress on Kotlin Island, guarding the approaches to Saint Petersburg throught the Gulf of Finland. During the Crimean War the Baltic Fleet of the Allies considered it too strong to approach.
[Ref: 3779] £450.00
Naturel de Nouka-Hiva.
Dessine par LeBreton _ lith. par E. Lassalle. Imp. par Lemercier. [Signed and dated 1843 by Lassalle in plate.]
Gide editeur. [Paris, n.d., c.1846.]
Sepia tinted lithograph heightened in white, image 420 x 280mm. 16½ x 11". Lower left corner chipped off image.
Intimate and vivid portrait of an indigenous inhabitant of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia; he holds an ornamental club, a conch-shell to his left, tattoos covering his body. Numbered 'Pl. 58' upper right. From 'Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie, sur la corvette L'Astrolabe et La Zélée, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, sous le commandement de M. Dumont-d'Urville.' Publisher's blindstamp below title.
BNF: FRBNF40706045. NLA 285426.
[Ref: 20594] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par LeBreton _ lith. par E. Lassalle. Imp. par Lemercier. [Signed and dated 1843 by Lassalle in plate.]
Gide editeur. [Paris, n.d., c.1846.]
Sepia tinted lithograph heightened in white, image 420 x 280mm. 16½ x 11". Lower left corner chipped off image.
Intimate and vivid portrait of an indigenous inhabitant of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia; he holds an ornamental club, a conch-shell to his left, tattoos covering his body. Numbered 'Pl. 58' upper right. From 'Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie, sur la corvette L'Astrolabe et La Zélée, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, sous le commandement de M. Dumont-d'Urville.' Publisher's blindstamp below title.
BNF: FRBNF40706045. NLA 285426.
[Ref: 20594] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Site sur la Cote de Sumatra.
Dessine par L. Le Breton, lithe. par P. Blanchard. Lith. de Thierry freres, Paris.
Gide Editeur. [1846.]
Sepia tinted lithograph, sheet 350 x 540mm. 13¾ x 21¼". A good impression, on a full sheet.
A village on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Numbered 'Pl. 154' upper right. From 'Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie, sur la corvette L'Astrolabe et La Zélée, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, sous le commandement de M. Dumont-d'Urville.' Publisher's blindstamp below title.
BNF: FRBNF40706045. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18762] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par L. Le Breton, lithe. par P. Blanchard. Lith. de Thierry freres, Paris.
Gide Editeur. [1846.]
Sepia tinted lithograph, sheet 350 x 540mm. 13¾ x 21¼". A good impression, on a full sheet.
A village on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Numbered 'Pl. 154' upper right. From 'Voyage au Pôle sud et dans l'Océanie, sur la corvette L'Astrolabe et La Zélée, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, sous le commandement de M. Dumont-d'Urville.' Publisher's blindstamp below title.
BNF: FRBNF40706045. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18762] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)