Kavel 1220
1220
MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- HARDY, J. A Picturesque and Descriptive Tour in the Mountains of the High Pyrenees. Lond., R. Ackermann, 1825. vii, 84 pp. W. engr. full-p. map as front. and 24 superb small aquatints (70 x 89 mm each), numbered 1-24, laid down on separate lvs outside collation. Cont. green (or.?) cl. w. paper ticket on spine, uncut. (Map a bit foxed, but else remarkably clean).
Very beautiful book on the Pyrenees; the - primarily - mountain views are finely hand-coloured and belong, both artistically and technically, to the best aquatints produced during the period. Joseph Hardy was living in Bordeaux when he undertook this five-day journey through Cauterets, Saint-Sauveur, Gavarnie and Barèges. - Rare. Abbey 210; Tooley 245.€ 700
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