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NEBEL, Carl.
Voyage Pittoresque et Archeologique dans la partie la plus interessante du Mexique.
Humboldt writes (in French) in his preface to this work: 'M. Nebel, an architect, spent five years in the country or dominion of the Aztecs and Toltecs and has made a great advance: he has measured the monuments with scrupulous accuracy, he has noted new buildings... he has recorded bas-reliefs... and he has the happy ability of being able to capture the essence of the tropical vegetation in his drawings'. He goes on to note that the work was published in Paris, under the personal supervision of the author, and includes images of the ancient and modern architecture, views of the principal modern cities and sensitive portraits of the modern peoples of Mexico.
- Published
- Paris: Chez Paul Renouard for M. Moench & M. Gau, 1836.
- References
- Colas 2184; Lipperheide 14; Palau 188866; Sabin 52177; Bobins supplementary list 08/14.
- Plates
- 20
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 25001-100000
- Published
- Paris: Chez Paul Renouard for M. Moench & M. Gau, 1836.
- Ref
- 5340
[Picturesque and Archaeological Trip to the most interesting part of Mexico.] Folio (22 x 15.5 inches), contemporary red morocco with exquisite gilt tooling to boards and spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. A mixture of 50 lithographed plates, both coloured and uncoloured. Some plates are mildly foxed. Coloured plates in order: 1. Veracruz. 2. Rancheros. 3. Poblanas. 4. Interior de Mexico. 5. La Mantilla. Traje por la manana. 6. Interior de Zacatecas. 7. El Hacendeo y su Mayordomo. 8. Tampico de Tamaulipas. 9. Indios de la Cierra de Guauchinango. 10. Interior de Aguas Calientes. 11. Gente de Tierra Caliente entre Papantla y Misantla. 12. Mexico. Visto desde el Arsobisbado de Tacubaya. 13. Arrieros. 14. Plaza Mayor de Guonajuato. 15. Las Tortilleras. 16. St. Luis-Potosi. 17. Indias de la Sierra al S.E. de Mexico. 18. Plaza Mayor de Guadalajara. 19. Indios Carboneros y la buradores de la vecin de Mexico. 20. Plaza Mayor de Mexico.
