PALAISEAU, J.L.G.B. - Lot 139

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PALAISEAU, J.L.G.B. - Lot 139
PALAISEAU, J.L.G.B. General view of Paris, taken from Ménil-Montant. Paris, chez M. Guérin et chez Reslut, (ca 1808-1810). Large, handsome black copperplate engraving (ca. 58 x 79 cm), hand watercolored (some marginal ink stains). Black ink border. Engraved title. "Deposited at the Bibliothèque Impériale". Very rare view of Paris during the Napoleonic Empire, taken from the heights of "Ménil-Montant" by the Parisian painter and engraver Gaspard Bernardin Palaiseau (sometimes spelled Palaisau or Palaisseau), and engraved by Wolfgang Schwarz. There is a mention of what must be the original painting, under the same title and author, in Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture et gravure, des artistes vivans, exposés au Musée Napoléon, October 14, 1808... The Musée Napoléon being the former name of the Louvre. No copies in CCfr or POP.
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