54 - GOLBERY, Philippe de. VILLENEUVE. SAZERAC.

GOLBERY, Philippe de. VILLENEUVE. SAZERAC. Letters on Switzerland... accompanied by views drawn from life by Mr. Villeneuve. Paris, Godefroy Engelmann, 1827–1832. Two parts in one folio volume (46.5 x 29 cm), engraved title page, 89 pp., 24 plates, and 6 figures; engraved title page, 39 pp., 24 plates, and 6 figures. 19th-century red half-basane, smooth spine richly decorated, title and volume number gilded, covers lined with marbled paper (scuffs, worn corners, upper joint split by a few centimeters, foxing). Only the fourth and fifth parts of the first edition of this important descriptive work on Switzerland, featuring texts by Philippe de Golbéry and illustrations by Villeneuve. These two parts are devoted to Lake Geneva, Chamonix, the Valais, and the Simplon Pass. The work was published in Paris by Godefroy Engelmann between 1823 and 1832. The texts in the first part were written by Sazerac, while those in the second and third parts were written by Raoul-Rochette. The illustrations, a black lithograph by Engelmann based on Villeneuve’s work, consists, for each part, of an illustrated title page, 6 vignettes within the text, and 24 plates—for a total of 12 in-text vignettes and 48 out-of-text illustrations for both parts. Brunet V, 1241.