Lalhambra Dessins Lithographies Asselineau Publié by Taylor Isidore Justin Severin Baron (1 results)

Rilegato. Condition: ottimo. prima edizione. A BRIGHT COPY OF THIS MAJESTIC WORK ON THE ALHAMBRA. TAYLOR, Isidore Justin Severin, baron de. L Alhambra. Dessins et lithographies par Asselineau, publié par A.-F. Lemaitre. Paris, Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères, 1853. FIRST EDITION. Large folio (54,5x34,5cm). 9 numbered finely coloured lithographs (of 10, lacking no. 10 probably a variant issue, or a printing error, since there are several records of copies lacking the same plate) by Asselineau and an engraved plan (plate no. 11); with tissue paper guards. Contemporary blue cloth. An excellent copy, very clean. Only edition of this very attractive work on the Alhambra. The work for which Baron Taylor will always be remembered is his monumental publication Voyage pittoresque et romantiques dans l'ancienne France. Of the present work, numbered plates I-X depict the entrance, court-yards, and different rooms or places within the Alhambra. The 9 views of Alhambra are finely draw and lithographed by Leon Auguste Asselineau in black with a single tint-stone; each include figures in the foreground. The study of Moorish architecture and particularly of the Alhambra, and its highly colourful decorative tiles, was enjoyed a vogue among European artists at this period. Taylor appears to have had the ear of Charles X. He had earlier travelled to Egypt and Syria accompanied by artists Luigi Mayer and Adrien Dauzats on a mission from Charles X to the Egyptian Khedive Mehmet Ali, in an attempt to retrieve the Luxor obelisks for France. In the event he was only partially successful, returning with only the Western obelisk. Coloured plates in order: 1. L'Alhambra. Porte de la Justice. 2. L'Alhambra. Cour de l'Alberca. 3. L'Alhambra. Cour des Lions. 4. L'Alhambra. Galerie de la Cour des Lions. 5. L'Alhambra. Salle des Abengerrages. 6. L'Alhambra. Salle du Tribunal. 7. L'Alhambra. Salle des Deux Soeurs. 8. L'Alhambra. Cabinet des Infantes, Salle des Deux Soeurs. 9. L'Alhambra. Cour de la Mosquée. Not in Abbey; Palau 3247; Bobins 570.