LOT 2075 BOOK: LES ROSES, BY PIERRE-JOSEPH ROUDOUTE (1759-1840) AND CLAUDE ANTOINE THORY (1759-1827), PUBLISHED IN PARIS BY FIRMIN DIDOT (1817-1824).
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Three volumes. Folio (14″ x 10″), engraved portrait of Roudoute by C.S. Pradier, after a painting by Gerard. Floral wreath opposite portrait and 169 stipple engraved plates printed in colors and finished by hand, by Lanlois Chapuy and others after Roudoute. The three volumes dated 1817, 1821, and 1824. 1817 volume has 56 colored rose illustrations. 1821 volume has 59 colored rose illustration. 1824 volume has 54 colored rose illustrations. Each of the rose illustrations has a tissue page. The inside of each book has a book plate of John Callendar Livingston. SIZE: 14″ x 11″. PROVENANCE: Original contents from the estate of Louise Alida Livingston, Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y. Removed from the family home, Greenport L. I., N.Y. CONDITION: This lot was found in the attic where it had resided for many years. All three bindings are broken and as found. Color plates have strong color and very few have issues. There will be found some very light foxing spots, no tears, and all have been accounted for. The text has foxing but very readable and clear. 51941-24 (10,000-20,000)
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