LAVALLEE, Joseph et BRION, Louis Voyage dans les départemens de la France. Par une Société d’Artistes et gens de Lettres.

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First edition of this famous compilation of a travel made in the 102 French departments

Superb copy in its elegant contemporary binding decorated with a thousand dots.

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Paris, Brion, 1792-1800.

102 quires in 13 8vo volumes [210 x 127 mm] of: I/ 10 colored maps on double page, 34 black engravings (instead of the 33 announced); II/ 9 colored maps on double page and 32 black engravings (instead of the 31 announced); III/ 8 colored maps on double page and 31 black engravings; IV/ 8 colored maps on double page and 29 black engravings; V/ 8 colored maps on double page and 31 black engravings; VI/ 8 colored maps on double page and 23 black engravings; VII/ 8 colored maps on double page and 23 black engravings (instead of the 25 announced); VIII/ 8 colored maps on double page and 22 black engravings; IX/ 8 colored maps on double page and 16 black engravings; X/ 8 colored maps on double page and 26 black engravings (instead of the 27 announced); XI/ 9 colored maps on double page and 28 black engravings; XII/ 7 colored maps on double page and 20 black engravings; XIII/ 6 colored maps on double page and 18 black engravings. That is a total of 105 maps and 333 engravings compared to the 103 maps and 335 engravings announced. Bound in contemporary red half-morocco, flat spines with gilt pattern “with a thousand dots”, marbled edges. Contemporary binding.

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First edition of this famous compilation of a travel made in the 102 French departments, edited in Paris from 1792 to 1802.

It is the first methodical attempt of description of France by departments.
Graesse, Trésor de livres rares, IV, 125 ; Cohen, Guide de l’amateur, 606.

The text of this work was written by Joseph Lavallée and J.-B. Breton.

The abundant illustration is composed of a frontispiece, of 105 watercolored maps on double page made by Brion père, and 333 beautiful aquatint figures out of pagination after Louis Brion. The engravings show views of French towns as well as costumes of the inhabitants of our regions.

Superb copy preserved in a uniform contemporary binding decorated with a thousand dots.

Complete copy with the 438 engravings announced. The volumes having been printed over 8 years, the number of engravings per volume may vary depending on the copies and even inside each volume. Copies complete of the 13 volumes like this one are extremely rare. We haven’t found any recorded on the public market these past thirty-five years.

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LAVALLEE, Joseph et BRION, Louis