BONAPARTE Charlotte Julie (1802-1839)

BONAPARTE Charlotte Julie (1802-1839)
- Pittoresque Views of America drawn by Countess Charlotte de Suivillier
S.l.n.d., 1824. In-8 oblong (237 x 305 mm), title-frontispiece-12 engraved plates
. Half red morocco, spine titled in gold "Album", marbled paper endpapers.
Rare album of 12 lithographed plates, accompanied by title-frontispice, of which 10 depicting landscapes in Canada and the United States
(Lake Georges, West Falls at Canada Creek, Lebanon, ...) captioned and with the mention "Charlotte del.", and 3 Italian (convent
Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo, Hermitage of the Camaldoli).
One of the many albums lithographed from the drawings of this princess, a talented artist and pupil of Jacques-Louis David during her stay in Brussels, which capture the landscapes that this traveller in exile passed through after the fall of the Empire.
Two handwritten inscriptions in contemporary ink on the title-frontispiece by Jobard on blue paper: "Monsieur Hopkinson" and "Dessinés et lithographiés par la Princesse Charlotte Bonaparte fille du roi Joseph.
Donnés à mon cousin".
4 of the plates are preserved in the New York Public Library (MEM+
B698bv).
(Some foxing, and heavy foxing on the 1st plate).