[ANJOU] / WISMES (Hérackle-Olivier baron de) Le Maine et l'A - Lot 410

[ANJOU] / WISMES (Hérackle-Olivier baron de) Le Maine et l'Anjou, historiques, archéologiques et pittoresques (...) Recueil des sites et des monuments les plus remarquables sous le rapport de l'art et de l'histoire, des départements de la Sarthe, de la Mayenne et de Maine-et-Loire, dessinés par le Bon de Wismes, lithographiés par les meilleurs artistes de Paris. Nantes, Vincent Forest & Emile Grimaud and Paris, Auguste Bry, s.d. (1856-1862). 2 vols. large in-folio, green half-chagrin, ribbed spines framed with triple gilt fillets, triple gilt fillet and cold scroll framing the boards and cold scroll, large gilt coat of arms in the center, gilt edges. Bound by Pinot Barrier, bookbinder in Le Mans (label). Engraved bookplate of Château de Sainte-Radegonde. Some spotting to binding. 2 frontispieces and 106 two-tone lithographed hors-texte plates, including 59 for Maine and 47 for Anjou. Some foxing. A few plates detached, a few raised sections. The finest 19th-century illustrated publication on Anjou and Maine. Published in installments, the work features descriptions by the best specialists of the time (La Sicotière, Godard-Fautrier, Célestin Port etc.), edited by Baron de Wismes. One of the masterpieces of 19th-century lithographic illustration. It is illustrated with 106 figures and two frontispieces, depicting the main monuments and castles of Maine and Anjou from drawings by Baron de Wismes. Brunet V, 1466; Port IV, 827.