PELLEGRINI (Charles Henri). Tableau pittoresque de Buenos-Ay - Lot 140

PELLEGRINI (Charles Henri). Tableau pittoresque de Buenos-Ayres. Buenos-Ayres, Libreria L'Amateur, s. d. [1958]. In-folio, green half-maroquin, gilt title on front cover, ornate smooth spine, illustrated cover preserved, slipcase (binding binding). Nineteen views (out of 20 advertised), on seventeen plates including one on double-page, watercolored or in sepia, by PELLEGRINI: a vignette on the title, facsimile reproduction of the calligraphic title of 1831 and a letter from Pellegrini to Mr. Woodbine Parish, consul general in Buenos Aires and chargé d'affaires to the King of England. Printed at 225 copies, this one (no. 16), ONE OF 20 HEADERS ON MOIRANS JAPON containing an additional suite in colour on heavyweight vellum. ATTACHED: illustrated subscription sheet: facsimile letter: press clipping. The "map of the city of Buenos Aires" announced in the table does not appear in the suite. Spine faded.