GOLBÉRY (Marie Philippe Aimé), SCHWEIGHAEUSER (Jean-Geoffroy - Lot 416

GOLBÉRY (Marie Philippe Aimé), SCHWEIGHAEUSER (Jean-Geoffroy) - Antiquités de l'Alsace ou Châteaux, Églises et autres monuments des Départements du Haut et du Bas-Rhin. First Section: Département du Haut-Rhin by Mr. Golbéry. Second Section: Département du Bas-Rhin by J.-G. Schweighaeuser. Mulhouse ; Paris, Engelmann & Cie, 1828 ; 2 volumes in one large folio, XI + 126 pp. + 40 ff. of interleaved plates + 24 pp. + 8 ff. of plates + 180 pp. + 40 ff. of interleaved plates + 1 f.n.ch., contemporary glazed half-calf with corners, spines decorated with nerves, blue edges (spines slightly rubbed). Brunet II, 1649. First edition of this important documentary source on the heritage monuments of Alsace. One of the few copies with plates printed on Chine; Brunet specifies that, at the time of publication, each issue on ordinary paper cost 6 francs, and issues on Chine cost 9 francs. Historian Marie Philippe Aimé Golbéry and archaeologist Jean-Geoffroy Schweighaeuser have produced one of the finest illustrated works on Alsace. Complete with 80 hors-texte lithographs, mostly by Bichebois and Chapuy. At the end of the first volume, there is a 24 pp. supplement entitled: "Monumens Romains. Porentrui, Pierre Percée, Camp du Mont-terrible, battle fought by Caesar against the Germans, including 8 additional plates. Old wet-stamped bookplates on title pages. A very fine copy, despite the presence of a few rare spots, not affecting any of the plates except one. The quality of the lithographs, printed on China paper, is remarkable.