Charles Vuillermet - Le Vieux Lausanne - 1890

Le Vieux Lausanne – Charles Vuillermet – Lausanne, Librairie F. Rouge & Cie, 1890.
Rare edition in portfolio devoted to Old Lausanne, composed of 80 lithographed plates, after watercolors, drawings and documents from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Complete copy of its 80 plates, preserved in sheets in its original publisher's portfolio. The set also includes the introductory sheets and the lists of plates.
The views constitute an important iconographic documentation on the history and urban transformations of Lausanne: streets, squares, gates, monuments, quarters and buildings today transformed or disappeared. Some plates reproduce ancient documents, while others depict nature-drawn views from the late 19th century.
Author / artist: Charles Vuillermet
Title: Le Vieux Lausanne
Publisher: Librairie F. Rouge & Cie, Lausanne
Date: 1890
Content: 80 lithographed plates + introductory sheets and tables
Presentation: plates loose in the original portfolio
Plate dimensions: approx. 32.5 × 45.5 cm
Portfolio dimensions: approx. 33.5 × 47.5 cm
Language: French
Condition: old stock showing normal signs of age and use. Paper with patina, foxing and browning variable, as well as some small marks and marginal fragilities. Original portfolio showing wear, rubbing and alterations corresponding to its age. Please look carefully at the photographs for the condition.
Complete and somewhat rare set of 80 plates, kept in its original portfolio.