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second English edition the next year, which is less
scarce. Fresh copy of this finely illustrated work.
Montule, (Edouard de). Recueil des Cartes et
des Vues du Voyage en Amérique, en Italie, en
Sicile et en Egypte fait pendant les années 1816,
1817, 1818 et 1819. Paris, Delaunay, 1821. 2 text
vols. 8vo, 1 atlas vol. oblong folio. 59 engraved
plates (14 views tinted) including 2 folding
maps. Contemporary half calf. CHF 27 000.–
Only edition of this scarce collection of travel, one
of the first travel books illustrated with lithographs,
by Edouard de Montulé (1792-?) who travelled in
America, Italy, Sicilia and Egypt. The text is a collection
of letters, and of 59 lithographed plates and
among them several early lithographed views of
America, and even «lithographic firsts» as the 3rd
plate: «New-York vu de l’Ouest», which is the earliest
view of New-York City. In the same year, an
English translation was published (2 vols. 8vo), but
that translation only consisted of the part on America
and contains only 6 plates. The two folding
maps were engraved by Bracas and C. de Lasteyrie
after the original drawings by Montulé, the first
shows the East coast of America including Cuba
and other Caribbean isles and the second shows
Egypt. nr. 3–19: plates of New York, St. Thomas,
S. Dominique, New Orleans, the Mississippi area,
Ohio, the Niagara Falls, a mammoth and costume
plates; nr. 20–35: plates on Italy: Livorno, Rome,
Tivoli, Naples, Pompei, Paestum, Sicily and Malta;
nr. 36: folding map of Egypt; nr. 37–59: plates on
Egypt: Cairo, the Pyramids, Karnac, Luxor, Thebe,
Etfou and Phile; nr. 59: the harbour of Marseille.
His drawings are especially interesting for their accurate
and precise details showing parts of America,
Italy and Egypt not often visited at the time.
Fine copy.
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