Accession number:
PML 140274.1
Published:
Paris : Gihaut frères, editeurs, Boulevard des Italiens. No. 5, 1825.
Description:
[21] leaves of plates : lithographs ; sheets: 345 x 265 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Individual plates signed by Charlet within the image; plates lettered "I. Lith. de Villain" or "I. lith. de Gihaut frères" at lower left.
Published set of lithographs consisting of an illustrated lithographic title plate by Charlet, a frontispiece plate (La Combe 590) with the date "1825", and 19 plates chiefly featuring scenes of French soldiers, children, and village life.
Library's copy lacks 1 of the 20 plates comprising the published suite, "Premiere idée de la piece précédente" (i.e. La Combe no. 598).
Comprises plates 1-19 of v. 2 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Variant Title:
1825
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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