Lot no. 176
Payot (Venance) and Armand CUVILLIER. Souvenir du Mont-Blanc et de Chamonix. Chamonix, Venance Payot at the Mont Blanc Museum, ca. 1860. In-8° oblong, publisher's half paper binding, illustrated lithographed covers (tears and missing parts). Beautiful album of 16 views of the Chamonix valley and the Mont Blanc massif, lithographed in colour by Cuvillier; the views show: 1. entrance to the Chamonix valley at Les Montées; 2. Aiguille and glacier de Bionnassay (from Bellevue), 3. Chamonix valley (from the Bellevue pavilion), 4. Glacier des Bossons, 5. Cascade des Pèlerins, 6. Chamonix le glacier des Bois et le Dru, 7.Les Planaz chemin du Montanvert, 8. Chamonix et le Mont-Blanc (côté du Nord), 9. Glacier du Talèfre au Couvercle, 10. Le Montavert et l'aiguille du Dru, 11. Le Chapeau, 12. Glacier des Bois depuis les Tines, 13. Cascade de Bérard, 14. Vue du Mont-Blanc depuis les Montets, 15. Cascade du Dard, 16. Col de Balme. Scattered brown spots. These albums published by Venance Payot usually include from 12 to 20 views. Perret, 1181
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