Bretagne - BENOIST (Félix) & LALAISSE (Hippolyte). Galer - Lot 267

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Bretagne - BENOIST (Félix) & LALAISSE (Hippolyte). Galer - Lot 267
Bretagne - BENOIST (Félix) & LALAISSE (Hippolyte). Galerie armoricaine, costumes et vues pittoresques de la Bretagne dessinés d'après nature et lithographiés. Nantes, Charpentier, 1858. 5 parts in 2 vol. in-folio (38.2 x 27.4 cm), 2 ff. n. ch., XLVII pp., 28 ff. ; 2 ff. n. ch., 28 ff., 2 ff. n. ch. Dark green chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated, Brittany coat of arms stamped in the central box, gilt title, tomaison and edition notes, bold and thin cold filleting on the boards, gilt frame with large corner irons, large gilt motif in the center bearing the title and Brittany coat of arms in medallion, initials H. A. in gothic lettering on upper boards, roulettes on spines and bands, gilt edges (publisher's binding). Monument to the glory of Brittany divided into 5 parts: Loire-lnférieure, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Finistère and Côtes-du-Nord, each with plates and texts by Jean-Baptiste-Louis Chevas and J. L. Le Meder. The illustrations include 5 frontispieces, 5 maps, 100 plates of Breton costumes lithographed and enhanced in color after drawings by Lalaisse, and 25 black views after Benoist. They depict people in traditional costumes, views of Quimper, Guingamp, Rennes, Vannes, Nantes, etc. French painter and illustrator François Hippolyte Lalaisse (1810-1884) was a professor of drawing at the École Polytechnique. His work on Brittany is a major iconographic source, still used today in Celtic circles to create costumes. Bookplates of Dutch industrialist Hendrik Boekennoogen (1863-1933) and Belgian cardiologist Jean Lequime (1908-1999). Slightly rubbed, upper jaws partially split, spine slightly faded, occasional foxing, otherwise a fine copy in publisher's binding with the arms of Brittany. (Brunet, III, col. 776; Colas, no. 1728). Expert : Madame Elvire POULAIN-MARQUIS
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