[Travel Diary, Original Drawings: Travel to France and Switzerland.] 1 vol in-8° oblong (130 x 220 mm.) contenant 49 aquarelles originales. Cartonnage noir d'époque, dos lisse muet. Recueil rassemblant 49 aquarelles originales. Certaines planches sont situées (Clairlieu, Nancy, Chavigny, Villers, Berne, Unterseen etc.) et même datées (1852). La plupart des dessins représentent des scènes champêtres (avec de rares personnages en miniature) ou bien des vues de villes. Au milieu du recueil se trouvent également quelques planches représentant des ruines (Riedenhouse en Alsace, Landsberg, Andlau, Ghirsberg etc). Ensemble aux couleurs chatoyantes. Fine watercolour album including 49 well-executed watercolour views from Nancy to Switzerland, many dated around August 1852 (Nancy, Bosseville, Le Donon, Riedenhouse, Landsberg, Maxeville, Vigneulle, Frouard, Custines, Berne, etc.). 1 vol in-8° oblong. Contemporary black shagreen with the word 'Album' embossed in gilt to upper board. Gilt tooling to the spine, all edges gilt. Hinges cracked and worn. Pages cockled. Coloured plates in order: 1. [no caption] Hillside view showing a windmill and the surrounding countryside. 2. [no caption] Rural scene of a stream, a bridge, and a cottage in the distance. Two people converse by the stream, one on horseback. 3. [no caption] Attractive rural pastoral scene. 4. [no caption] Rural scene showing cottages and an aqueduct. 5. [no caption] Swiss-style Chalet scene. 6. [no caption] Peasant with a scythe over their shoulder walking along a pretty rural road. 7. Clairlieu. 8. Nancy. 9. [no caption] A wooded landscape scene. 10. [no caption] A rocky outcrop. 11. [no caption] As above. 12. [no caption] A lonely cottage and a bridge over a river are set amid a mountain valley scene. 13. The village of Eosey (?) 14. [no caption] Mountainous scene. 15. Chavigny. 16. Villers. 17. Nancy. 18. Bossenville. 19. Ecuelle armancourt depuis Amance (?) 20. Le Donon. 21. Riedenhouse pres Barr (Alsace). 22. Landsberg-Barr. 23. Andlau. 24. Hohkoenigsburg (?) 25. Ghirsberg. 26. [no caption] Small village and church are seen in the distance beyond rural farmland. 27. [no caption] Walled village on a hillside. 28. [no caption] Houses and a patch of arable land are seen before a hillside and the plain below. 29. Small vignette view of Preny (?) 30. Ermitage de la gueule du loup (?) 31. Maxeville. 32. Vigneulle. 33. Frouard. 34. Custines. 35. Heillecourt. 36. Paye St. Cristophe. 37. Maulins. 38. [no caption] Trees, mountains, and rocks. 39. [no caption] Bridge over a fast-running river with a mountain in the background. 40. [no caption] Tree growing out of a rocky outcrop with mountains in the distance. 41. [no caption] Attractive view of a rural village and surrounding countryside. 42. Nancy. 43. [no caption] Flowers in a vase on a plate. 44. [no caption] Small wooden (Swiss) chalet in a remote mountain location. 45. Berne. 46. Berne. 47. Unterseen. 48. Lungern. 49. [no caption] Woodland scene.