1847, Rare and Original Lithograph, Leon Sabatier based on drawings of Andre Louis W.A. de Sinety, Ruines de Sparte

Description

Original Lithograph

Ruines de Sparte

57 cm x 40 cm

Good condition, please view images

Very rare!

from:
[LATOUR, Antoine de] and André Louis W.A. de SINETY, Marquis (illustrator)
Voyage de S.A.R. Monsiegneur le duc de Montpensier à Tunis, en Egypte, en Turquie et en Grèce.
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1847]. Atlas, lithographic title and 31 tinted lithographic plates after Sinety,
heightened in white

The Duke of Montpensier was the youngest son of King Louis-Philippe of France.
He was accompanied on his journey by his teacher and secretary A. de Latour,
who wrote the letters that make up the text of the publication.
The last 10 lithographs of the atlas depict Greek landscapes: “Vue du Cap Sunium (Grèce)”,
“Pont sur l’ Eurotas (Province Grecque)”, “Ruines de Sparte (Grèce)”,
“Église bysantine à Mistra (Grèce)” , “Défilés du Taygète (Grèce)”,
“Vue du Monastère du Mont-Ithôme”, “Porte d’ Arcadie à Messène (Grèce)”,
“Vue de Corinthe (Grèce)”, “Vue du village de Cryssa, Au pied du Parnasse”
and “L’ Antre de la Pythie à Delphes (Grèce)”.