1834 Charles Motte Histoire PALAIS-Royal PARIS large lithographs e.g. NAPOLEON

Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - LARGE FOLIO WITH RICHLY PRINTED AND EARLY STONE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES - INCLUDES SUPERB PLATE OF NAPOLEON VISITING THE PALACE -PALAIS-ROYAL (a former royal palace located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre. Originally called the Palais-Cardinal, it was built for Cardinal Richelieu from about 1633 to 1639 by architect Jacques Lemercier. Richelieu bequeathed it to Louis XIII, before Louis XIV gave it to his younger brother, the Duke of Orléans.); MOTTE (Charles, French lithographer, 1785-1836).Histoire litographiée du Palais-Royal.(Paris): Charles Motte, n.d. [1833-34]. First edition. Marbled endpapers, and marbled edges to text block. Half-title, title page, followed by 36 [of 48?] large stone lithographic plates on India proof paper, laid down verso only of thick paper leaves (rectos are blank), each accompanied by 2 pages (one leaf) of descriptive text. One of the leaves with tissue overlay identifying the sitters in the group portrait. Each plate with publisher's small blind-stamp where the India paper meets the main paper leaf. Plates captioned in the upper and lower margins, and with artist and lithographer's details. Three-quarter dark green morocco binding over moiréd boards, gilt banding and label to spine. Bookplate of a 19th century public library on the front pastedown (which closed decades ago and stock dispersed). Size: folio (approx. 54.5cm x 37cm).Very Good to Good condition. Binding pretty solid for a tome of this age and size. Minor cracking to outer hinges at base of spine. Edge-wear and light marking. Cloth tear to cloth in the lower rear corner. Some scuffing to leather, especially the corners and foot of spine. Short and neat bibliographical note in black ink on one fly leaf. Gentle age-toning to paper, slightly more pronounced to title page. Light scattered foxing to text and plates throughout, but this is mainly restricted to white margins of the engravings and to the verso of them. The occasional small and unobtrusive blemish, and some finger-marking to edges of some leaves. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely."... dediée au Roi / publiee par M. J. Vatout premiere bibliothecaire du Roi / Imprimee par Ch.les Motte editeur, Litographe du Roi...".A scarce work which is filled with fabulous full-page stone lithographs of key moments in the history of the Palais-Royal in Paris.The number of plates found in bound-up copies of this work varies. This is because the plates were originally published in 'fascicules' [parts] - between 1833 and 1834 - and not all of the parts were collected, as here. Our copy contains 36 plates (9 fascicules), and we believe that a total of 48 plates or less were originally published. No plates have been removed from the binding, so it is complete as originally created. key words:

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