[England]. - Lot 117

[England]. MONTHELIER & TIRPENNE. Sketch of the course of the Thames. A Paris, chez Tirpenne, (XIXe). In-folio (47.7 x 31 cm), .(7) ff. title and 6 lithographed plates in black. Leaves, unbound (dampstaining, tear to title repaired on verso). Set of plates illustrating the course of the Thames, passing through various English towns and monuments: The Crow Stone, Tower of London, Leigh, Thames Fair, Hadleigh Castle, Lambeth Palace, Windsor Castle, Oxford, Richmond Hill and the Thames as seen from Greenwich Park. The set includes a lithographed title depicting the source of the Thames, and six plates featuring twenty views lithographed by Ve. Noël under the direction of Houbloun, with the exception of two plates lithographed by Bichebois after drawings by Monthelier and Tripenne.