62 CHARTON Edouard, Le Magasin Pittoresque.
Paris 1850, les Bureaux du Magasin Pittoresque d'abbonement et de venre, 412 pp.
Famous 19th century illustrated magazine of travels around the world published by Edouard Charton. A kind of encyclopedia, containing information in such fields as history, archaeology, geography, ethnography, literature, art, natural sciences, industry-technology and even entertainment. The subject of the sale is the eighteenth volume of the series for 1850, the first having been published in 1833. The volume contains several hundred illustrations, including full-page illustrations. One of them depicts Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Others depict various monuments, such as Dresden and its palaces, or still other natural curiosities or paintings. At the end are two alphabetical indexes, the first alphabetical and the second of the subjects covered in the volume.
Period binding, full leather in poor condition with minimal losses and rubbing; embossed spine with gilt title with large losses from the bottom; interior in average condition, occasionally stained but dry, characteristic of the acidic paper of the 19th century; overall average condition.
