Charles Billoin Lithographers (2 results)

8. Bruxelles, A. Tessaro, 1850, in-folio, 43 x 29,5 cm, lithographed title + 22 full page lithographs. Half cloth binding (restored), original printed boards preserved, endpapers renewed, some fine spots at a few plates, small tear in the margin of the first 4 plates repaired but a fine/good copy. This album contains 22 lithographies numbered 1-3,5-6,8,11,12,14-16,18,22-26,28-32. A complete album of the first edition contained 60 plates. This is the third edition, the first under this name. We have not been able to ascertain how many plates there should be. (See Van der Marck pp.126). …

Namur, éditeur Ane. Tessaro, Place d'Armes, in-folio, 43,5 x 30,5 cm, multi-coloured lithographic title page (lithographer Bouquillon à Bruxelles) + 60 flithographies mounted on thick paper (appliqué sur Chine), each leaf with a serpente (lithographs printed by Vve Degobert, Bruxelles). The lithographs represent paintings from the young Belgian schools and also original views of contemporary lithographers. Some artists: Clays, G. Simoneau, Ruyten, Fourmois, Ducoron, Verstappen, H. Van Assche, L. Verboeckhoven, P. Bossuet, F. De Marneffe, Kuhnen, Dejonghe, Jacob Jacobs, P.F.D De Noter (Malines), Verreyt, Verwée, Francia. Binding: The book is bound in a sumptuous ''romantic'' binding: full green morocco, both covers with large floral gilt ornaments and groteske, all edges gilt, white silky endpapers. Perfect interior (no stains nor spotting); binding very fresh, with minimal shelf wear. A near perfect copy. Very fine example of one of the highlights of Belgian romantic book illustration by the socalled ''peintres-lithographes''. 36 lithos are from Lauters , the remaining by Billoin (Lauters' brother-in-law). The work started in 1836 and was finished in1840; it consisted of 12 issues of 5 plates. Our copy is the second edition (1844) . A chromolithographic title page was added. This must be one of the earliest examples of a chromolithographic title (and heightened with gold !). See at length pp. 126 a.o. of ''J.H.M. Van Der Marck: Romantische Boekillustratie in België).…