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Les Trois Islets – Livres rares
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Bruun-Neegaard, (Tønnes-Christian), Naudet,
(Thomas-Charles). Voyage pittoresque et
historique du Nord de l’Italie, par T. C. Bruun.
Les dessins par Naudet; les gravures par Debucourt,
peintre du roi et correspondant de
l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de France. Tome
premier avec 48 planches. A Paris, chez l’auteur,
de l’Imprimerie Firmin Didot, 1820. 1 vol. folio.
48 plates (5 printed in colours). Contemporary
half-sheep. CHF 18 500.–
Scarce original edition of this Voyage pittoresque (1
vol. published), 200 copies for the subscribers only.
Tønnes Christian Bruun-Neergaard (1776–1824)
was a Danish traveller and art historian. He travelled
through Europe with Naudet, his landscape
artist, to collect views and pictures of their journeys.
An early lithographic work of great quality.
Bourrit, (Marc-Théodore). A Relation of a
Journey to the Glaciers, in the Dutchy of Savoy:
translated from the French of M. T. Bourrit,
Precentor of the Cathedral Church at Geneva,
by C. and F. Davy. Norwich, Printed by Richard
Beatniffe, 1775. 1 vol. 8vo. 3 engraved plates.
19 th century half calf. CHF 2500.–
First English edition of this scarce account of Bourrit’s
journey to the Alps. Marc-Theodor Bourrit
(1739–1819) is known to be a pioneer of alpinism,
in spite of his aversion to heights. Contrary to Saussure
or Deluc, he was neither a scientist nor an
aristocrat, but a Swiss painter, and his talent as an
illustrator allowed him to publish some successful
works. The present book is «the fruit of three
journeys into the Dutchy of Savoy», and was first
published in Geneva (1773), it was followed by a
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