104 - [Italy]. TURPIN DE CRISSE, L.-Th., Count of.

[Italy]. TURPIN DE CRISSE, L.-Th., Count of. Memories of the Gulf of Naples, Collected in 1808, 1818, and 1824... Paris, (Turpin de Crissé), 1828. Small folio (42.5 x 29 cm), (1) title leaf, 65 pp., 39 plates with serpentine borders, illustrations. Contemporary navy blue half-morocco with corner pieces, smooth spine decorated in the Romantic style with gilt scrolls and volute-shaped metal fittings, gilt title (covers faded, some minor scuffing on the binding and fading of the morocco color on the covers, foxing on the text pages, a few scattered pinholes on the plates). First edition of this travelogue. A very beautiful volume in the style of the time, dedicated to the Duchess of Berry, here in its lovely romantic binding of the period. The illustrations consist of 39 plates, including two maps, etched in black from drawings by Turpin de Crissé by Aubert, Bein, Desaulx, Devilliers, Dormier, Duparc, Fauchery, Fortier, H. Laurent, Leisnier, Lemaitre, C. Lorichon, Prévost, Ransonette, and Schroeder. With wide margins. The text is adorned with numerous vignettes, including one on the title page, engraved by Foster and Leisnier, all also based on paintings by Turpin de Crissé. The first of the two maps of the Bay of Naples bears the inscription: “Reduced by Count Turpin de C. after Rizzi-Zannoni, engraved by J. Caplin.” The plates show beautiful views of Naples, Portici, Castellammare and Vico, Sorrento, Capri, Ischia, Pozzuoli... A very beautiful title page engraved in grisaille with a large vignette based on Turpin de Crissé. All the plates bear a dry stamp featuring a crowned ox ?????????O (NEOPOLEITON). GRAND TOUR.