Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

St. Aulaire, A. (Achille), 1801-ca. 1889

Title:

Récréations instructives : voyage pittoresque à travers le monde = Instructive recreations : picturesque voyage round the world / par A. St. Aulaire.

Alternate Title(s):

Instructive recreations

Published / Created:

Paris : Publié par Aubert et Cie., Pl. de la Bourse, No. 29, [between 1830 and 1842]

Physical Description:

[1], 24 leaves : ill. ; 32 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
G136 .S2513 1830+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Though Gumuchian gives a date of ca. 1845, internal evidence in the text suggests a date range of 1830-1842.

Later edition issued between 1866 and 1872 with plates and expanded text in French only.

Lithographed throughout.

Gumuchian & cie. Livres de l'enfance du XVe au XIXe siècle, 5037

BAC: British Art Center copy bound publisher's original illustrated green paper-covered boards. With publisher's advertisments (8 p.) at end not included in pagination.

Lithographs of various peoples and countries of the world with accompanying text.

Subject Terms:

Geography -- Study and teaching.

Form/Genre:

Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1830-1842.