VOYAGE EN FRANCE. 1848-1854, 5 volumes in-folio, bound in ma - Lot 337

VOYAGE EN FRANCE. 1848-1854, 5 volumes in-folio, bound in mauve half-chagrin, gilt edges. Collection of engraved or lithographed documents, some in color, taken from works of the period, concerning archaeology, monuments, local costumes and major figures in each region studied. These documents are carefully cut and pasted onto the leaves, individually or in pairs or triads per page. Each volume is preceded by a handwritten table detailing the documents presented. Sold as is.Volume VI. Dauphiné-Lyonnais. Dauphiné. 13 pp. table. 2 maps, approx. 150 ill. including an old photo (view of Grenoble) and a Lerebours daguerreotype (Pilate's tomb near Vienne). Lyonnais: 6 table pages, approx. 80 illustrations (pages concerning Aix-les-Bains and Savoisiens torn out). Orléanais and Touraine. In-folio, half-chagrin. 9 table leaves. 326 illustrations (2 maps announced in the table are missing).Volume X. Maine-Anjou-Poitou. Basse-Loire, 8 leaves of table, 1 map 60 ill. Anjou. 4 ff. table, map, 65 ill. (some portraits removed). Poitou. 7 pp. table, approx. 80 ill. (some missing)Tome XX. Champagne. 14 table pages. 2 maps. 300 illustrations. (Some pages torn out).Volume XXIII. Lorraine. 18 pp. table. 6 maps (4 Cassini), approx. 200 illustrations (portaits removed).