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Milbert, Jacques Gerard : Itineraire pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson et des parties laterales de L’Amerique du Nord

Henry Gaugain, Lambert et Cie., Paris, 1826

rebacked expertly saving the original spine., minor marks on plates 21 and 34, printing flaw across bottom cover of plate 38 (a proof before title), occasional minor spotting in margins only, the images unaffected,, Folio (500 x 335mm)., Lithographed decorative pictorial title on buff paper, double-paged lithographed hand coloured map by H.Taquet dated 1826, side panels with list of plates. 48 (out of 54) superbly hand coloured lithographed views after Milbert by Deroy, Sabatier, Bichebois, V.Adam, Tirpenne, Joly and Villeneuve, on Indian paper mounted.
It lacks the seven following plates (number 41, 44, 45, 48, 49, 51and 54)., Volume : Atlas volume only.

1826-28. The first edition of an outstanding series of American views. Milbert spent seven years in the United States, beginning in 1815, under the auspices of the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Milbert brought back to France the sketches from which the present lithographed views were made. It includes fine views of New York City (2), Long Island, Tarrytown, West Point (2), Hudson Falls (2), Albany (2), Saratoga Springs and Niagara (3) taken during Milbert’s travels in America between 1815 and 1822., Howes M592; Sabin 48916; Streeter 2, 910.

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