Accession number
PML 146459
Creator
Skelton, Joseph, active 1820-1850.
Published
Paris : Goupil et Vibert, 1844.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added engraved and illustrated t.p. and engraved dedication page; t.p. vignette.
T.p.'s, engraved dedication, and illustrations printed chine collé.
London edition published by F.G. Moon.
Parallel illustration captions in French and English.
Illustrated with aquatints and steel engravings by Percival Skelton, Beyer et Riffault, Hürlimann, and Hopwood, after Percival Skelton, Eugène Lami, Karl Girardet, E. Le Poittevin, Winterhalter, and Hopwood.
An illustrated history of the Chateau d'Eu in Normandy, France, with an illustrated account of the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the Chateau d'Eu to meet King Louis-Philippe and Queen Marie-Amélie of France in 1843.
"L'ouvrage devait être publieʹ en 12 livraisons, mais la reʹvolution de feʹvreir a interrompu la publication." Cf. Lorenz, Catalogue geʹneʹral de la librarie française.
"Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères, rue Jacob, 56."
Library's copy imperfect; lacking list of plates and list subscribers described for other copies and including only 16 of 21 plates.
T.p.'s, engraved dedication, and illustrations printed chine collé.
London edition published by F.G. Moon.
Parallel illustration captions in French and English.
Illustrated with aquatints and steel engravings by Percival Skelton, Beyer et Riffault, Hürlimann, and Hopwood, after Percival Skelton, Eugène Lami, Karl Girardet, E. Le Poittevin, Winterhalter, and Hopwood.
An illustrated history of the Chateau d'Eu in Normandy, France, with an illustrated account of the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the Chateau d'Eu to meet King Louis-Philippe and Queen Marie-Amélie of France in 1843.
"L'ouvrage devait être publieʹ en 12 livraisons, mais la reʹvolution de feʹvreir a interrompu la publication." Cf. Lorenz, Catalogue geʹneʹral de la librarie française.
"Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères, rue Jacob, 56."
Library's copy imperfect; lacking list of plates and list subscribers described for other copies and including only 16 of 21 plates.
Description
[25] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill., ports ; 61 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of L.V. Ledeboer; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 red morocco.
Classification
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Department