illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1917,1208.18.1-23
- Description
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'Voyage pittoresque aux Alpes Pennines. Précédé de queluqes observations sur les hauteurs des montagnes, glaciers & des différens villages qui se trouvent sur cette route. Suivi de queluqes notes, pour servir d'explication aux dessins qui composent cet ouvrage. Dédié a son altesse royale la princesse Sophie-Matilde de Gloucester. Par Albanis Beaumont, Ingénieur-pensionné de sa majesté le roi de Sardaigne, & professeur en mathématiques & fortification de son altesse royale le prince William de Gloucester' (Geneva: Isaac Bardin) 1787; containing 12 hand-coloured etchings, titles written in pen below the image:
1. Cluse
2. Le pont de St Martin
3. Sallanche
4. Le lac de Chede
5. Chamouni
6. La Mer de Glace
7. La chute de la Mer de Glace
8. La source de l'Arveron
9. Le village des Bois
10. Eviand
11. Thonon
12. Le lac de Geneve et la ville
Together with bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey, wood-engraved ornament at the title-page, dedication to Princess Sophia of Gloucester, advertisement, wood-engraved headpiece and initial letter, and explanation of the plates.
Bound together with 'Voyage historique et pittoresque du Comté de Nice' (Geneva: Isaac Bardin) 1787; containing hand-coloured map of the coast of Nice, and 12 untitled hand-coloured etchings showing views of Nice and the coast. Together with dedication to the Duke of Gloucester with coat of arms above and within ornamental border, advertisement, headpiece and initial letter, and explanation of the plates. Bound in half-leather, with marbled boards and gold lettering at the spine.
Hand-coloured etching, the first set of prints with hand-coloured border around the images
- Production date
- 1787
- Dimensions
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Height: 470 millimetres (approx. size of each sheet)
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Width: 310 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Voyage pittoresque aux Alpes Pennines
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Associated Title: Voyage historique et pittoresque du Comté de Nice
- Acquisition date
- 1917
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1917,1208.18.1-23
