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Voyage pittoresque de la France : avec la description de toutes ses provinces : ouvrage national dédié au Roi et orne d'un grand nombre de gravures exécutées avec les plus grand soin d'après les dessins des meilleurs artistes

1791 · A Paris : Chez Lamy, Libraire ... de l'imprimerie de Monsieur, 1791-1800 · 31 pictures

A French illustrated travel survey, the Voyage pittoresque de la France, published in Paris by Lamy between 1791 and 1800 and dedicated to the King for a general readership interested in the provinces. The four pictures are sepia-toned engraved landscapes printed sideways on the page, showing hilltop towns, rivers, and rolling countryside. A designer could draw on their dense layered compositions, with towers and trees stacked against distant mountains, for townscape or landscape motifs.

Natural history -- France · Natural history · Travel · France -- Description and travel · France -- History · France

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