General View of Merida - Original Hand-Colored Laborde Engraving - 1810 / Vista general de Mérida, Badajoz - Grabado original de Laborde
Published by Pierre Didot l'aîné, París, 1810
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Seller: Orbis Antique Prints, Alicante, A, SpainOrbis Antique Prints
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Condition: Used
£ 137.36
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Original engraving by Alexandre de Laborde, hand-colored, about 1810, with the general view of Merida from the Guadiana: the Roman bridge reaching toward the town and the Moorish Alcazaba closing it to the south, the towers rising above the rooftops. From the Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, the most ambitious publishing venture devoted to Spain: four large folio volumes with more than nine hundred prints, the fruit of Laborde's journeys through the Peninsula between 1800 and 1805. Drawing by Ligier, engraved by F. B. Lorieux, title at the foot in Spanish, French and English. Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored. Artist / after: Ligier. Engraver: F. B. Lorieux. Date: c. 1810. Source: Alexandre de Laborde, Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne. Dimensions: Plate mark 12.2 x 15.9 in (31 x 40.5 cm), height x width, with wide margins. Condition: Good overall, the image clean; scattered foxing in the margins, chiefly at the upper left and lower right corners. Español Grabado original coloreado a mano de Alexandre de Laborde, hacia 1810, con la vista general de Mérida desde el Guadiana: el puente romano tendido hacia la ciudad y la Alcazaba árabe cerrándola por el sur, con las torres asomando sobre el caserío. Procede del Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne, la empresa editorial más ambiciosa dedicada a España: cuatro volúmenes en gran folio con más de novecientas ilustraciones, fruto de los recorridos de Laborde por la Península entre 1800 y 1805. Dibujo de Ligier, talla de F. B. Lorieux y título al pie en español, francés e inglés. Técnica: Grabado calcográfico (talla dulce), coloreado a mano. Autor / dibujante: Ligier. Grabador: F. B. Lorieux. Fecha: h. 1810. Procedencia: Alexandre de Laborde, Voyage pittoresque et historique de l'Espagne. Medidas: Huella 31 x 40,5 cm (alto x ancho), con márgenes amplios. Estado de conservación: Buen estado general, imagen limpia; manchas de óxido dispersas en los márgenes, sobre todo en el ángulo superior izquierdo y en el inferior derecho. Antigüedades y coleccionables > Arte Huella 31 x 40,5 cm (alto x ancho), con márgenes amplios. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- General View of Merida - Original Hand-Colored Laborde Engraving - 1810 / Vista general de Mérida, Badajoz - Grabado original de Laborde
- Author
- Ligier
- Publisher
- Pierre Didot l'aîné, París
- Publication year
- 1810
- Illustrator
- Lorieux, F. B.
- Seller catalogs
- 19th Century, Copper Engravings, Views of Spain
Orbis Antique Prints
Alicante, A, Spain
AbeBooks seller since June 14, 2017
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