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MORNAY, ILLUSTRATOR
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A Picture of St. Petersburgh, represented in a collection of twenty interesting Views of the City, the Sledges and the People. London: J.F. Dove for Edward Orme, 1815 [plates watermarked 1825; text watermarked 1815]. 2º (465 x 325 mm). Letterpress and engraved titles, explanations of the plates in English and French, 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Clark and Dubourg after Mornay (frontispiece slightly offset onto engraved title.) 19th-century green half morocco, marbled boards, gilt edges (some rubbing, hinges reinforced). Provenance: acquired from Dauber and Pine, New York, 1930.

FIRST EDITION. The charming plates are divided into two groups. The first twelve are views of St. Petersburg in the different months of the year, the others illustrate various types of sledge and carriage. ‘A strong sense of the picturesque pervades the city views, which all feature a conspicuous human presence. Two of the buildings illustrated in the book were very recent at the time of publication: the Exchange, completed in 1809, flanked by the two rostral columns, the ensemble being the work of the Swiss-French architect Jean-François Thomas de Thomon, and the Kazan Cathedral, completed in 1811. The 26-page introduction entitled “The present state of St. Petersburgh,” includes a brief historical survey, a few statistics, description of the main sites and monuments. The subject of sledges and transportation is covered at some length. The final four pages are more directly related to the plates, as they provide details on the life of the city throughout the year on modes of transportation in winter. Though unsigned, it was chiefly compiled from Ker Porter’s Travelling sketches, as many sections repeat his text verbatim’ (Vincent Giroud, St. Petersburg: A Portrait of a Great City, New Haven, 2003, p.72). Abbey Travel 226; Tooley 355.
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