Trieste - Selb, Augusto - Tischbein, August - Memories of a pictorial journey on the Austrian coast by A. Selb and A. Tischbein Trieste, [s.n.t.], 1842 (I. Papsch & C. typographers of the Austrian Lloyd). In 2nd oblong. 570 x 405 mm. Watercolored title page with a view of Trieste from Opicina, portrait of the Archduke Stephen, dedicatory table to the Archduke Stephen, preface in two languages (Italian / German), a large view of Trieste of 320 x 610 mm. always in watercolored, 41 city views and watercolored costumes accompanied by explanatory texts, 2 sheets of text - always bilingual - with "Historical Notes of the Coast", a large map at the end: "Map of the Austrian Littoral", 380 x 480 mm. Contemporary half leather and marbled cardboard binding, contained in a case with brown laces. Provenance: from the collection of Ottocaro Weiss; Trieste. & Nbsp; ** Splendid complete copy, FINELY ACQUARELLATA , of the most famous Trieste illustrated of the 19th century: a monument to the Trieste coast, to its artistic and naturalistic beauties, but also a vivid fresco of life and customs of populations. Tischbein was a refined painter of landscapes, architecture and scenes, all elements finely reproduced in this series of lithographs. He was the only one of his family to move permanently to Italy; & nbsp; from 1838 until his death in 1867 he lived in Trieste, at the time a splendid cultural and artistic center under Austrian rule. & Nbsp;