[Noël-Jacques LEFEBVRE-DURUFLÉ]. Excursion along the Coasts - Lot 140

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[Noël-Jacques LEFEBVRE-DURUFLÉ]. Excursion along the Coasts - Lot 140
[Noël-Jacques LEFEBVRE-DURUFLÉ]. Excursion along the Coasts and Through the Ports of Normandy. Paris, J. F. Ostervald, Jules Didot the Elder, n.d. (1823–1825). Folio, red half-maroquin with small corners, smooth spine with decoration (contemporary binding). Abbey, 92 / Brunet, II-1130 / Frère, I-190 /// (56f.), 40 plates 40 plates by Luttringshausen (14), Bonington (7), Rommy (5), Noël (5), Gibert (2), Ulrich (2), Régnier (2), Coley (2), and Grenier (1), engraved in aquatint by Thalès Fielding (23), Reeve (6), Salathé (5), Legrand (3), Hegui (2), and Himely (1), and hand-colored. Each plate is accompanied by a descriptive text. They showcase the ports of Rouen (6), Caudebec (1), Quilleboeuf (2), Harfleur (2), Honfleur (4), Le Havre (10), Étretat (3), Fécamp (3), Saint-Valery-en-Caux (1), Pourville (1), Dieppe (5), and Le Tréport (2). Noël-Jacques Lefebvre-Duruflé was a manufacturer in Pont-Authou, a statesman, and a man of letters. In addition to his political roles as a deputy, minister, and member of the General Council, he is credited with literary works and this beautiful collection of illustrations of Normandy, his native region. His work was originally published under the title *A Picturesque Journey Through the Ports and Coasts of France*, but since the publisher, due to lack of success, limited the scope to Normandy, he subsequently changed the title to the one under which we present it here. Small repeated stamp dated 1928. Binding is damaged; the volume was previously water-damaged, with water stains in the corners along the inner margin of the entire volume, though these do not affect the plates.
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