SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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PROVOST, A.
Les Trains de Plaisir le Tourist in Chemin de Fer linge de Paris et Versailles.

A lovely colour plate book with views of historic sites along the line Paris-Versaille, the train station (embarcadére), Courbevoie, St. Cloud, Suresnes, Sèvres, Ville d Avray, several views of the castle and parks in Versailles. In very good condition.

Published
Paris: R. Levasseur, [1850].
References
Not in Abbey; Bobins supplementary list 08/14.
Plates
21 + plan
Binding/Size
S=8vo
Value
0-5000
Published
Paris: R. Levasseur, [1850].
Ref
5318

[Pleasure Trains for the Tourist of Paris and Versailles Railway.] Oblong octavo; 20 hand-coloured lithographic plates and title plus plan. Contemporary brown blind-stamped pebble-grained cloth with gilt direct. Boards rubbed and mild foxing throughout. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Paris....Embarcadere. 3. Courbevoie. 4. Suresnes. 5. St. Cloud -La Cascade. 6. St. Cloud- Le Chateau. 7. St. Cloud. Vue Generale. 8. Sevres. 9. Ville d'Avray. 10. Versailles - Le Chateau de la Place d'Armes. 11. Versailles - Chateau et Parc. 12. Versailles -Le Basin de Neptune. 13. Versailles -La Grotte d'Apollon. 14. Versailles - Le Jardin du Roi. 15. Versailles - La Colonade. 16. Versailles - La Cascade. 17. Versailles - Le Bassin d'Apollon. 18. Le Petit Trianon - Le Parc. 19. Petit Trianon - Le Chateau. 20. Le Grand Trianon - Chateau et Cour. 21. Le Grand Trianon - Le Chateau. 22. [Plan] Chemin de Fer de Paris a Versailles.