VINTAGE 3 Volume Book set France Illustrated Plates Paris Allom Wright Fisher

1841-1846 set of 3 volumes only.

vol I vol II and vol III.

These 3 books are in good shape for its age. Most of these illustrations are very clean and nice some of them have the brown spotting which is normal. These particular pages are in very good condition!

First 3 Editions, illustrated with 96 engravings on steel, 96 on the first three volumes, by Thomas Allom; the fourth volume is not included in this listing..  

boards decorated with a rich frieze Romantic and irons cold corner. Part of title in red Morocco. 

Marbled edges. Scratches on boards. 

Caps and joints slightly rubbed. Superb English binding. 

the first volume contains many scenes of the Pyrenees, very fashionable then. Another volume contains many scenes of the Loire (Saumur, Angers, Amboise ...). 

The book seeks to bring together all that is remarkable in France, both from an architectural point of view landscape, illustration accompanying the historical and descriptive text. 

The illustrative wealth is remarkable, and we admire as the Château de Pau as the Pantheon, the Circus Gavarni the cathedral of Orleans.