[LORY, Gabriel (1784-1846, illustratore)] - Tableau historique et pittoresque de la route du Simplon, de Genève à Milan. Milan: Ferdinando Artaria, 1824].   A delightful book, inspired by the renown work by Gabriel L. and Mathias G. Lory "Voyage Pittoresque de Genève à Milan par la route du Simplon". Many of the splendid views are engraved after the drawings of Lory by Fumagalli and Landini. Among the landscapes depicted, there are Milan, the Borromean islands, Arona, Brig, Lausanne, Monte Rosa and many others.   Oblong 4to (213 x 260mm). 40 aquatint plates (lacking title, text and folding map, some light foxing and browning). Modern quarter-calf, title on label and gilt decorations on spine, marbled paper covers and endpapers (minimum wear).

Estimate € 800 - 1,200

Sold € 2,400