Vanauld Alfred, Anatole Chailly - Le génie de l'Industrie [Rare cartonnage. illustrations aquarellées] - 1846

The Genius of Industry [Rare binding. Watercolor illustrations]
Vanauld Alfred, Anatole Chailly
Paris, Amédée Bédelet, 1846
in-8, 22x16CM, 304pp, 900g

The Genius of Industry. Studies and tales about the most famous inventors and industrialists, their discoveries and the profession they illustrated. Superb binding by the publisher in black percaline, plaque on both boards and the spine plaques (signed Haaraus), gilt edges (ingot gutter).
Very rare deluxe edition adorned with 16 hors-texte lithographs in two tones by Mlle Héloïse Leloir, hand-watercolored, which is extremely rare.
Binding shining, almost new. a very small restoration at the upper cap.
Magnificent copy.