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The wonders of nature

MUNERELLE & LEMAITRE.
Les phénomènes et les curiosités de la nature. Texte par Munerelle. Dessins par Lemaitre.

With lithographed aquatint printed in sepia on title with a view of a burning vulcano, and 37 full-page colour-printed lithographed plates, beautifully finished by hand and glazed, all depicting natural phenomena, such as a sun-rise, a storm, a rainbow, the Niagara Falls, Geysers, The Andes, the Nile, the Vesuvius, a jungle, the steppe, cliffs, mines, the tide, the Poles, a cyclone, an undersea volcano, etc., also including natural disasters, like a flood, an earthquake, and an avalanche.

With lithographed aquatint printed in sepia on title with a view of a burning vulcano, and 37 full-page colour-printed lithographed plates, beautifully finished by hand and glazed, all depicting natural phenomena, such as a sun-rise, a storm, a rainbow, the Niagara Falls, Geysers, The Andes, the Nile, the Vesuvius, a jungle, the steppe, cliffs, mines, the tide, the Poles, a cyclone, an undersea volcano, etc., also including natural disasters, like a flood, an earthquake, and an avalanche.

With lithographed aquatint printed in sepia on title with a view of a burning vulcano, and 37 full-page colour-printed lithographed plates, beautifully finished by hand and glazed, all depicting natural phenomena, such as a sun-rise, a storm, a rainbow, the Niagara Falls, Geysers, The Andes, the Nile, the Vesuvius, a jungle, the steppe, cliffs, mines, the tide, the Poles, a cyclone, an undersea volcano, etc., also including natural disasters, like a flood, an earthquake, and an avalanche.

With lithographed aquatint printed in sepia on title with a view of a burning vulcano, and 37 full-page colour-printed lithographed plates, beautifully finished by hand and glazed, all depicting natural phenomena, such as a sun-rise, a storm, a rainbow, the Niagara Falls, Geysers, The Andes, the Nile, the Vesuvius, a jungle, the steppe, cliffs, mines, the tide, the Poles, a cyclone, an undersea volcano, etc., also including natural disasters, like a flood, an earthquake, and an avalanche.

With lithographed aquatint printed in sepia on title with a view of a burning vulcano, and 37 full-page colour-printed lithographed plates, beautifully finished by hand and glazed, all depicting natural phenomena, such as a sun-rise, a storm, a rainbow, the Niagara Falls, Geysers, The Andes, the Nile, the Vesuvius, a jungle, the steppe, cliffs, mines, the tide, the Poles, a cyclone, an undersea volcano, etc., also including natural disasters, like a flood, an earthquake, and an avalanche.



Strasbourg, Paris, Derivaux, Arthus-Bertrand, Martinon, 1856. Large 4to. Orig. half brown morocco, spine richly gilt, with gilt double fillet borders on sides with large blind-stamped ornaments at the four corners and gilt title in centre on front cover and large blind-stamped ornament in centre on back cover, g.e. With lithographed aquatint printed in sepia on title with a view of a burning vulcano, and 37 full-page colour-printed lithographed plates, beautifully finished by hand and glazed, all depicting natural phenomena, such as a sun-rise, a storm, a rainbow, the Niagara Falls, Geysers, The Andes, the Nile, the Vesuvius, a jungle, the steppe, cliffs, mines, the tide, the Poles, a cyclone, an undersea volcano, etc., also including natural disasters, like a flood, an earthquake, and an avalanche. (92) pp.

Beautiful atlas of the natural wonders of the world, the half-title reading: "Album de la Jeunesse Studieuse", so it was intended for children, at least for children of the more well-to-do, as the album is rather costly produced. It was probably originally published in parts of one plate and one leaf of text each, as all text-leaves have a colophon with the printer's address, G. Silbermann, Strasbourg. The text is entirely printed in blue, and all the plates are protected by a leaf of thin rice-paper. All plates are signed by E. Lemaitre, Strasbourg. The plates also include a view of the gold diggers at work in California in 1848, the "Peak of Adam" with a short history of Ceylon, the salt mountains in Spain, the Grotte of Fingal in Scotland, the path of the Giants in Ireland, the Peter-Bot mountain on the island Mauritius, a natural bridge in the mountains of Virginia in North-America, views of the icy landscapes of the North and South Pole, etc.

Beautiful copy in publisher's "Romantic" binding.
Gumuchian 4546; not in Die Bilderwelt, nor in NUC.

Related Subjects: 19th Century  America, North  Americana  Antarctica  Arctic  Bindings  Children's Books  Colour Plate Books  Dutch  Volcanos 

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