HENNEBUTTE (Blanche) - Lot 185

HENNEBUTTE (Blanche) Album des deux frontières. Views of the surroundings of Bayonne & San Sebastian. Part 1: France - Part 2: Spain. Bayonne, Charles-Henri Hennebute, sd. In-4 oblong: 2 titles (1st and 2nd part) and 16 plates in two tones. Album published by Lemercier. ½ red chagrin with finetoothed corners, ornate ribbed spine, all edges gilt. A good copy. Rare. "It is impossible to describe Hennebutte's typical album, because it does not exist. The richest copies generally contain 27 or 28 lithographs (up to 33 plates, according to Barbe); we have already presented one containing 35 plates. The lithographs in two different copies may differ slightly. There are also albums without text, bearing only the titles "Part 1 and Part 2" (as is the case with this one). List of engravings: * Part 1: 1/ Bayonne, grain market - 2/ Bayonne, Place du Théâtre - 3/ Bayonne, general view - 4/ Barre de Bayonne, entrance to the Adour - 5/ Biarritz, view of Port Vieux - 6/ Roche percée à Biarritz - 7/ Biarritz, côte du moulin - 8/ View of Cambo - 9/ Place de St Jean-de-Luz, maison de Louis XIV - * Part 2: - 10/ Port de passages, view taken from the main road - 11/ Passages, view taken from Ste Anne - 12/ View of the Béhobie bridge over the Bidassoa, taken from the road to Irun - 13/ View of Irun - 14/ View of Fontarabie - 15/ St Sébastien | San Sebastian - 16/ View of St Sébastien (Vinson 1135a)(Barbe 449)(Bilbao IV, 221).