CHATTERTON (Henrietta, Georgina, Maria) - Lot 287

CHATTERTON (Henrietta, Georgina, Maria) The Pyrenees with Excursions into Spain. London, Saunders & Otley, 1843. 2 volumes in-8 : 1f., VI, 1f., 384pp. / 1f., VI, 402pp., 4pp. ; 16 plates out of text lithographed by BICHEBOIS colored at the time. Publisher's chocolate-colored percaline boards, gilt title on spine, cold-engraved palettes, central cold-engraved medallion on boards, framed with cold-engraved fillets. Contemporary binding. One of the finest English books on the theme of the Pyrenees. The colors are very fresh. Also available with lithographs in black on tinted background. The views are essentially Pyrenean (France and Spain), as is the text, which covers the entire range (T. 1 p. 160 to 383, t. 2 p. 1 to 276). "His Pyrenean relationship is most original... More than history, (she) has focused on legend, on all the great legends of the range". List of plates: Volume 1: The towns of Fontarabia & Hendaye on the river Bidassoa - Castle of Chambord - Castle of Chenonceau - Hernani - The fort and light-house of St Sebastian - Ourgunzun castle and town in spain - Castel-Bielle with the port de Venasque mountains - The village of Montcorban - Volume II: Town of Castel-Leon - The convent of Miltzarran in the valley of Arran-Catalonia - Bagneres de Bigorre - The town of Cauteretz - Notre-Dame de Pouy la Hount in the valley of Azun - Pic du Midi de Pau from Bious Artigues - The ruined castle of Lordat on the road to Ax - Foix from the road to Toulouse. (Labarère 383)