"Observation de M. de Humboldt": p. [7-8], BEIN 2003 Folio 74: Autograph: Henry P. McKean, 4/29/12. Bookplate of Paul Mellon., Final leaf: Errata., Lithographs drawn by Dandiran, Arnout, L. Bouffard, Courtin, A. Cuvillier, Deroy, A. Joly, E. Lassalle, Lehnert, F. Mialhe, Monthelier and Villeneuve., and Some plates are hand-colored.
Publisher:
M. Gau, and M. Moench :
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico--Antiquities. and Mexico--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Arnout, Jean Baptiste, b. 1788., Bouffard, L., Courtin, Louis, fl. 1809-1841., Cuvillier, A., Dandiran., Deroy, Laurent, 1797-1886., Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859., Joly, A., Lassalle, Emile, 1813-1871., Lehnert, F., McKean, Henry P.--Autograph., Mellon, Paul--Bookplate., Mialhe, Frédéric, 1810-1881., Monthelier., and Villeneuve.
A diorama consisting of 6 engraved cardboard leaves that give a perspective view through a peep hole of a contemporary public boulevard, a walled middle-European town in the background, with a lively crowd. The first panel apparently shows the bordello's exterior, to the left a man leans out of a window to admire a woman (who takes a rose from a boy) and to the right one man steps from the door as another, hand seeking out his purse, is about to proceed in. In other panels may be seen young women pointing men toward the doorways or leading them there
Description:
BEIN 2009 1828: Plates numbered on verso in ms. and Illustrations hand colored.
"An etching made to serve as a frontispiece to Mr. Nightingale's dairy"--Podeschi., Hand-colored., Illustration captioned: Lithers: Good gracious me! why, if it ain't Mr. Gabblewig junior! Scene 1st., and Illustration signed: F.W. Pailthorpe.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870.--Mr. Nightingale's diary, Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Illustrations, and Lemon, Mark,--1809-1870
"An etching made to serve as a frontispiece to Mr. Nightingale's dairy"--Podeschi., Hand-colored., Illustration captioned: Lithers: Good gracious me! why, if it ain't Mr. Gabblewig junior! Scene 1st., and Illustration signed: F.W. Pailthorpe.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870.--Mr. Nightingale's diary, Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Illustrations, and Lemon, Mark,--1809-1870
Luisiana, aņo de 1798, sur d'oueste de la ciudad. and Plano de la ciudad de Nueva Orleans.
Description:
"Luisiana, año de 1798, sur d'oueste de la ciudad," in French, Spanish and English, dated Marzo, 16 de 1798, and signed: Carlos Trudeau., "Plano de la ciudad de Nueva Orleans" in French and Spanish, dated 6 de Agosto 1799, and signed at end: Carlos Trudeau., At foot of map, "Luisiana, año de 1798 ... ": Recorded in the Book No. 3, page 216, New Orleans, juin 3th 1808. Van Pradelles ..., Maps are hand colored. Old fold marks visible., and Two folding plans of New Orleans by Charles Trudeau; to accompany Thierry's Examen des droits des Etats Unis ... , Nouvelle-Orleans, De l'imprimerie de Thierry & Co., 1808.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
New Orleans (La.)--Maps
Subject (Name):
Thierry, J. B. S. (Jean Baptiste Simon), d. 1815. Examen des droits des Etats-Unis et des pretentions de Mr. Edouard Livingston sur la batture en face du faubourg Ste. Marie. and Thierry, J. B. S.--(Jean Baptiste Simon),--d. 1815.--Examen des droits des Etats-Unis et des pretentions de Mr. Edouard Livingston sur la batture en face du faubourg Ste. Marie.
