Copy of the Comtesse de Rambuteau - Lot 571

Copy of the Comtesse de Rambuteau HASTREL DE RIVEDOUX (Adolphe d') Album de l'île Bourbon. Composed of 36 studies, sites, costumes. Paris, Delarue; the author, sd. (c. 1847). In folio: engraved title, 6f. (text), 24 fine plates from the first 2 issues (numbered 1-24), engraved by Clerget and printed by Lemercier. Some spotting. Autograph address from the author to the comtesse de rambuteau. ½ contemporary red calf, long gilt title on smooth spine. Title page of the second issue preserved at the beginning of the book. A good copy. A rare lithographic album of Bourbon Island (La Réunion), published in three issues of twelve plates (36 lithographs in all). Set of 24 plates from the first 2 issues. Complete albums of all 36 plates are extremely rare. Titles: - Lithographed title of the first issue - General view of the town of Saint-Denis - Ravine of the river of Saint Denis - Port and dwellings of Saint-Paul - The basin of the Bernica ravine - Parny's Arbour, at the Bernica - Yambane Negresses - Cavern of the Glacière - The Jacquier (Mr. Fabert's garden) - The Coast of St. Leu - Basse Terre (to Mr. De Heaulme) - Location in Madagascar. Cases malgaches - Vue générale de Port Louis (Mauritius, ancienne île de France) - Vue générale de la ville de Saint-Paul - Cascade dans la rivière de Saint-Denis - Fond de la ravine Laforge - Aqueduc Chabrier, dans la ravine du Gol - Pont et aqueduc de Mr. Marchand - L'Arbre du voyageur - Cascades dans la rivière du Rempart - Mulâtresse et négresse créoles - Piton des neiges et cascade du Bras-des-Étangs - Le Shéga, danse des noirs. Mr St Georges' cane mill. Rivière de l'Est. Sainte-Rose district - The pillars of Grande-Ravine, in 1837.