*NISARD (Désiré)]. Walks of an artist. Banks of the Rhine. Holland. Belgium. - Tyrol. Switzerland. Northern Italy. Paris : Jules Renouard, [1835-1836]. - 2 volumes in-8, publisher's white cardboard, decorated with gilt plates on the boards and spine, gilt edges, slipcase. First edition illustrated with 52 steel engraved plates, 26 in each volume, after Stanfield and Turner. Rare copy in publisher's hardback. Two hinges cracked, some soiling to the slipcases. Scattered foxing. Provenance: Pierre Van der Rest, with bookplate. ATTENTION: this lot is subject to an additional 5,5 % tax on temporary importation.

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