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GORSE, Andre.
Les Pyrenees Monumentales et Pittoresques.
Rare in colour. Pierre Gorse (1816-1875) was originally from Gironde. He settled in Pau and captured many panoramas of the Hautes-Pyrénées and Haute-Garonne region. He took advantage of the craze for picturesque lithography from the beginning of the 1850s.
- Published
- Luchon, [ca.1850].
- References
- Bobins 529; Perret 1990. Not in Abbey.
- Plates
- 27
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Luchon, [ca.1850].
- Ref
- 5436
Oblong folio, 27 hand-coloured lithographs, including title; original brown cloth, stamped in gilt to upper board, blind-stamped to lower board. Gilt to spine. Bookplate of 'Dorin Larsen' to front pastedown. Perret notes that Gorse had published several other albums of views in the Pyrenees, with various titles sought after for their high-quality illustrations. Gorse also produced albums of costumes from the Pyrenees region. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. Pavillon de la Buvette. 2. Vue Generale de Bagneres-de-Luchon (Prise au-dessus du village de Barcugnas.) 3. Allees d'Etigny a Luchon (Haute-Garonne.) 4. Les Chatlets a Luchon. 5. Etablissement Thermal a Luchon (Haute-Garonne.) 6. Espagnols Ambulans (a Luchon.) 7. Vue de Luchon [with several points of interest]. 8. Vue de Luchon (Prise de Belle-Vue.) 9. Cascade du Lac d'Oo. 10. [First] Vue prise de Super-Bagneres (pres Luchon) / [Second] Vue prise de Super-Bagneres (pres Luchon.) 11. Cirque de la Vallee du Lys. 12. Gouffre et Cascade d'Enfer (au fond de la Vallee du Lys.) 13. Cascade du Coeur (Vue prise pres de la premiere hotellerie.) 14. Cascade d'Enfer (Vallee du Lys.) 15. Gouffre Infernal (Vallee du Lys.) 16. Marchands de Raisins Espagnols (revenant de Luchon.) 17. Hospice de Luchon (Chemin de Venasque.) 18. Cascade du Parisien. 19. Cirque du Port de la Glere. 20. Port de Venasque (Vue prise a cote des Lacs.) 21. Port de Venasque et Maladetta. 22. La Maladetta (Espagne.) 23. Vue de Bosost (Vallee d'Aran Catalogne.) 24. St. Beat (Vue prise de la route d'Espagne.) 25. St. Bertrand de Comminges. 26. Grotte de Gargas (Pres Saint Bertrand de Commimges.) 27. Vue prise du Col d'Aspin.
