Gustave LENNIER. - Lot 38

Gustave LENNIER. The Seine Estuary. Memoirs, notes and documents for the study of "The Seine Estuary". Text + Atlas. Le Havre, Imprimerie du Journal Le Havre (E. Hutin, imprimeur), 1885, 2 volumes and an atlas in 2 volumes in-folio bound in posterior half-chagrin, spine ribbed, covers restored and preserved. Atlas of 32 plates mounted on tabs, comprising : 6 lithographed folding plates in 6 colors + 2 single plates in color (views and geological sections from Cap de la Hève to Dives, Trouville Beach to Villers sur Mer, Sainte Adresse Beach), 6 lithographed plates in black (some foxing), 14 plates in black, some folding or double-page, and 4 very large lithographed folding plates in 9 colors. One of 155 numbered copies on Hollande (no. 28). A fine copy, complete with all illustrations, of this monumental and rare work on the Seine Estuary, from a geological, topographical and geognostical point of view.