Charlet et Bellangé - Album 1er Empire - 1834

Exciting illustrated edition of 48 lithographs from this collection, which is part of the great tradition of French 19th-century lithographic albums, combining drawing, satire, depictions of manners, and memory of military events -

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845), designer and lithographer particularly renowned for his military scenes and representations of the Napoleonic epic, strives to render with vividness the life of soldiers, their habits, their sufferings, their memories, and their conversations -

Hippolyte Bellangé (1800-1866), painter and lithographer trained in Antoine-Jean Gros’s workshop, shares this interest in military history and ordinary people, while developing a lightly anecdotal and expressive style -

The illustrated album rests on the evocative power of lithography, a process that allows reproducing drawings with great fluidity of line and preserving the spontaneity of the artistic gesture -

Charlet and Bellangé - Album, First Empire - 1834 - Bertauts and Villain -

Good condition of the binding, book in original half leather, signs of wear, some minor defects on the cover, head cap damaged, foxing along the edges, worn corners, speckled edges, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering -

Good interior condition, scattered foxing, missing the first flyleaf and the title page, the work enriched with 48 lithographs, endpapers in decent condition, a pleasant copy -

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