141 - [WEIBEL, Jakob Samuel]. [MANGET]

[WEIBEL, Jakob Samuel]. [MANGET] A Picturesque Journey Around Lake Geneva... Paris, Librairie de Gide fils, 1823. Folio, (2) folios, 62 pp., 11 plates, and a map. Contemporary red morocco-bound half-basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, gilt title (scuffing, worn corners, slight foxing on the text, very marginal foxing on the plates). A beautiful album illustrating a journey around Lake Geneva, with text attributed to Jacques-Louis Manget. It features a topographic map drawn by Frémin and engraved by Lemaître, as well as 11 lithographic plates in black by Godefroy Engelmann, based on drawings by Jakob Samuel Weibel. A rare and beautiful album. Printed on laid paper with an engraved title under serpentine borders. SWITZERLAND. By A. Egron, printer to His Royal Highness the Duke of Angoulême. Lonchamp, 3186 - Perret [2797-A].