Pedro Federico Lehnert (1811-?)] [ Album pintoresco de la Republica Mexicana : Mexico: Julio Michaud y Thomas, c. 1850]. Oblong 2 (331 x 492mm). 12 hand-coloured lithographs by Lehnert, and 27 tinted lithographic plates by Lehnert or Urbano Lopez. (Some discolouration and dampstaining to many plates, 15 plates reinforced on verso, numerous short tears sometimes affecting image.) Contemporary blue blindstamped cloth, lettered in gilt (worn, lacking spine). 'Lehnert traz con mano maestro cuadros los m bellos rincones de la Rpublica' (Diccionario Porra de Historia, Biografia y geografia de Mxico). Lehnert, a Parisian by birth, was an artist, engraver and lithographer who lived in Mexico for a number of years. It is presumed that he witnessed or was directly involved in most of the important battles between Mexico and the United States between 1846 and 1848, but the subjects depicted in this work include views, architectural scenes, and portraits of the indigenous and Spanish population. No two copies have the same complement of plates, this copy differing both from Palau and from other copies to have appeared at auction in recent years. Palau 5417 (comprising the 12 Lehnert plates, 27 views, and 6 others).
Pedro Federico Lehnert (1811-?)] [ Album pintoresco de la Republica Mexicana : Mexico: Julio Michaud y Thomas, c. 1850]. Oblong 2 (331 x 492mm). 12 hand-coloured lithographs by Lehnert, and 27 tinted lithographic plates by Lehnert or Urbano Lopez. (Some discolouration and dampstaining to many plates, 15 plates reinforced on verso, numerous short tears sometimes affecting image.) Contemporary blue blindstamped cloth, lettered in gilt (worn, lacking spine). 'Lehnert traz con mano maestro cuadros los m bellos rincones de la Rpublica' (Diccionario Porra de Historia, Biografia y geografia de Mxico). Lehnert, a Parisian by birth, was an artist, engraver and lithographer who lived in Mexico for a number of years. It is presumed that he witnessed or was directly involved in most of the important battles between Mexico and the United States between 1846 and 1848, but the subjects depicted in this work include views, architectural scenes, and portraits of the indigenous and Spanish population. No two copies have the same complement of plates, this copy differing both from Palau and from other copies to have appeared at auction in recent years. Palau 5417 (comprising the 12 Lehnert plates, 27 views, and 6 others).
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