DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
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GEORGIANA DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE see also peter helm G+ 18.December 2015 PRO SAN GOTTARDO /SANKT GOTTHARD 'Im Eis'
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PARIS (1816) more probably 1817+
only 50 copies printed by charles de lasteyrie du saillant on his lithographic hand-press
lithographic illustrations (plates) by charles de lasteyrie du saillant
text completely handwritten on the lithographic stones by G. Moulin
(cf. graesse and brunet)
about 8 copies known in public collections.
cf. MICHAEL TWYMAN EARLY LITHOGRAPHED BOOKS , ELB 1.196
'VANITY BOOK' [not for sale] , printed only for private purpose and to be used as presentations to friends.
very detailed description on 8 pages with illustrations (p. 166-173)
and discussing for example the problem of the broken lithographic stone of title page shortly after starting the edition
and following this optical hint to identify the very first prints (of total 50)
polygraphicum rare books
sold a complete copy of this rare and precious work to a famous new york institution in 1999
Literature : Expertise No.2 by Peter Helm
https://sites.google.com/site/peterhelmsachverstaendiger/par-exemple
2.
CHARLES DE LASTEYRIE DU SAILLANT LITHOGRAPHIE
(1816)
MICHAEL TWYMAN
ELB
Early Lithographed Books 1.196
chapter 9 books with pictures p.166-173
the first publication to be discussed here
though the publication is undated,
the address of its imprint
'Imprimerie Lithographique de C. de Lasteyrie rue du Bac No.58'
suggests that it must have been printed between 1817 and 1825
an incomplete copy of the book in
cambridge university library
has a letterpress title-page dated 1816
such evidence , taken along with
the style of the lithographic work,
suggests a dating nearer 1817 than 1825 ²
² The British Library catalogues and H.W. Lowndes, The bibliographer's manual of English literature
(revised by H.G.Bohn, London, 1864), both give the date of this lithographed edition as 1802.
Such a date is quite out of the question. 1802 may have stemmed from a transposition of the last two digits of 1820, a date which would accord with lithographic evidence, or it may have been a straightforward
confusion with an earlier letterpress edition. The Dictionary of National Biography gives the date as 1816.
Both Lowndes and Martin, Bibliographical catalogue , claim that only fifty copies were printed and that they were not for sale.
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