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405 - France – Pyrenees
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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France – Pyrenees Monthelier and Jean-Louis Tirpenne, Alexandre Jules Eaux des Pyrénées, vues dessinées d'après nature. With a lithographed title page and 25 lithographed plates by Jules Monthélier and Jean-Louis Tirpenne. Paris, Tirpenne / Bagnères de Bigorre, Jalon / London, Tilt et al., undated (c. 1830). 1 leaf, 36 pp. (recte 40 pp.), folio plates. Brown leather binding on 5 bands with gold-stamped spine label, gilt edges, gold fillets and marbled coloured paper covering the covers, as well as coloured edging on the reverse (rubbed, bumped, partly scraped). Only edition. – Very rare. – Bibliographie de la France XIX (1830), 3606. – Perret 3077. – With handwritten owner’s note on the endpaper. - Bookbinder’s label ‘H. I. Forssdahl’ on the inside back flyleaf. - The beautiful lithographic plates depict, amongst other things: ‘Etablissement des eaux chaudes. Vallée d’Osseau’, ‘Entrée de la gorge des eaux chaudes. Vallée d’Osseau”, “Costumes of the Pyrenees”, “The Raillère Bridge. At Cauteretz”, “Cerizet Waterfall. Val de Iéret”, “Lake Gaube. Vallée de Gaube”, “Eglise des Templières”, “Saint Sauveur”, “Le pont de Sia”, “Etablissement thermal de Barèges”, “Grottes de Gèdres”, “Cirque de Gavarnie”, “La Brèche de Roland”, “Bagnères-de-Bigorre”, “The banks of the Adour”. – Each plate bears the blind-stamped mark “Tirpenne Liraire”. The series of plates by Alexandre Jules Monthélier and Jean-Louis Tirpenne documents, around 1830, the then-emerging enthusiasm for spa holidays and travel to the thermal baths and scenic attractions of the Pyrenees. The views of the spas at Eaux-Chaudes, Cauterets, Saint-Sauveur and Barèges, as well as natural spectacles such as the Cirque de Gavarnie and the Brèche de Roland, are among the best-known lithographic depictions of the region from this period and provide a vivid account of the early development of tourism in the French Pyrenees. - Water-stained. Edges browned. With lithographic title and 25 lithographic plates by Jules Monthélier and Jean-Louis Tirpenne.Brown leather over five raised bands with a gilt-lettered spine label, gilt spine tooling, gilt fillets, and marbled paper boards, with matching marbled edges (rubbed, bumped, partly scuffed). First and only edition. – Very rare. – With a handwritten ownership inscription on the front endpaper. - Binder’s label by H. I. Forssdahl on the rear endpaper. - The fine lithographic plates depict, amongst others: ‘Établissement des eaux chaudes. Vallée d’Osseau’, ‘Entrée de la gorge des eaux chaudes. Vallée d’Osseau”, “Costumes of the Pyrenees”, “The Raillère Bridge. At Cauterets”, “Cérizet Waterfall. Val de Jéret”, “Lake Gaube. Vallée de Gaube,” “Église des Templiers,” “Saint-Sauveur,” “Le pont de Sia,” “Établissement thermal de Barèges,” “Grottes de Gèdre,” “Cirque de Gavarnie,” “La Brèche de Roland”, “Bagnères-de-Bigorre”, “The banks of the Adour”. – Each plate bears the blind-stamped mark “Tirpenne Liraire”. The lithographs by Alexandre Jules Monthélier and Jean-Louis Tirpenne document the burgeoning enthusiasm around 1830 for spa treatments and travel to the thermal baths and scenic sights of the Pyrenees. The views of the baths at Eaux-Chaudes, Cauterets, Saint-Sauveur, and Barèges, together with natural wonders such as the Cirque de Gavarnie and the Brèche de Roland, rank among the best-known lithographic depictions of the region from this period and offer vivid testimony to the early development of tourism in the French Pyrenees. - Foxing. Browned margins. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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