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Gros & Delettrez

232 - [Mauritius]. A cura di R. PITOT.

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Estimation

€150 - 200

Sale fees

30%

[Mauritius]. A cura di R. PITOT. [Flora di Mauritius]. Port-Louis, stampato da Devaux et Cie Chaussé, (ca. 1850). 7 litografie (su 17) in formato piccolo in folio (51,5 x 35 cm), rifinite ad acquerello. Rilegato con copertina in mezza percalina verde d’epoca, piatti in cartoncino nero leggero (fogli scuciti, mancanza di carta sui piatti, lievi macchie di ossidazione più evidenti su 2 tavole). Sette litografie in nero ritoccate ad acquerello, disegnate dal vero e litografate da Pitot, che illustrano la flora dell’isola di Mauritius. I titoli sono bilingui francese/inglese. Tra cui la palma a ventaglio, la palma da bambù, il mango, l’albero del viaggiatore o ravenala, la rafia, il vacoua maschio e il latanier femmina. Robert Edouard Pitot (1778-1860) era un commerciante, agricoltore e artista mauriziano (1778-1860). Tra cui stampe botaniche e pittoresche del XIX secolo pubblicate in particolare da Devaux et Cie a Port-Louis. Tavole pubblicate nel 1850 in «Arbres coloriés» e litografate da Devaux.

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Auction details

Libri di viaggio, atlanti e cartografia
Friday, November 20
02:00 PM
22, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Gros & Delettrez +33 1 47 70 83 04 j.remaut@gros-delettrez.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 280,000 lots published

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