ALBUM Of PORTRAIT SKETCHES, Mainly Pencil.; Souvenier. Firenze. 1827. Spine title

by Jean Baptiste Fortuné De Fournier

$3,500 · Offered by Tavistock Books

Firenze Florence : 1827. 42 leaves of mounting paper: grey, green, light purple in color. 39 of 42 originally portrait miniatures, with 23 of the portraits annotated with sitter's name. Most drawn on other, whitish paper, then affixed to album leaves usually the recto . Album: 4-3/4 x 6-1/8 . Portraits: ~ 3-7/8 x 3-1/8. Most rectangular, some oval. Bespoke black half-morocco binding with green cloth boards. Armorial device Fournier's? gilt stamped to center of the covers.

• Binding: Leather

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