DUPRE Voyage a Athenes et a Constantinople 1839 FACSIM One of the best facsimiles ever available! Start Price USD 1,890.00 Current Price USD 1,890.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 19, 2008 End Time Saturday, July 26, 2008 Location Athens See more about 'DUPRE Voyage a Athenes et a Constantinople 1839 FACSIM' Description LOUIS DUPRE VOYAGE A ATHENES ET A CONSTANTINOPLE       DescriptionLuis DupreOne  of the finest  reproductions (facsimile)of  the  legendary & beautiful lithographs of the  French painter Luis Dupre.The original edition of the 19th centuryis very rare and consists of 40 folio size plates(colored lithographs) and text.They were hand colored according to the painters' instructions.  This facsimile edition of 1991 has itself become a collectors' item.Only 500 numbered copies were printed in 1993.It includes 40 facsimiles of the original  colored  lithographs plus the original text. TITLE :DUPRÉ LOUIS, VOYAGE A ATHENES ET A CONSTANTINOPLE, OU COLLECTION DES PORTAITS, DE VUES ET COSTUMES GRECS ET OTTOMANS PARIS: DONDEY-DUPRE 1825 [EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL: 1839]Fac-simile de l'edition originaleavec une introduction de E. J. Finopouloset  Christine Peltre AUTHOR/PAINTER:  LOUIS DUPRE PUBLISHER:  PORTO LEONE, ATHENS DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE FACSIMILE: 1993Limited edition , numerote (1-500).[DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THE ORIGINAL 1839]LANGUAGE OF TEXT: GREEK AND FRENCH DIMENSIONS (PLATES): 62.4 cm X 47.4 cmDIMENSIONS (BOX): 64.9cm X 49.6 cm BINDING: ALL PLATES AND THE TEXT ARE LOOSE PAGES. THEY  ARE ALL PROTECTED IN THEIR SPECIAL BOX. ISBN: 960-85413-0-1CONDITION: AS NEW  CATEGORIES/SUBCATEGORIES OF INTEREST:GREECE; LOUIS DUPRE, CONSTANTINOPLE, ISTANBULTHE REPRODUCTION INCLUDES:-A PROLOGUE by THE EDITOR (in greek)(AVANT-PROPOS de L'EDITEUR) (in french)-INTRODUCTION by E. J. FINOPOULOS & C. PELTRE  (pp.I-XII) (in greek and in french)-VOYAGE A ATHENES  ET  A CONSTANTINOPLE[Texte par L. Dupre  (in french)]  (pp.1-52) -40 PLATES(FACSIMILES  OF THE  LITHOGRAPHS)Single-side, fine colored printingNOTES: -WE SHIP ALL BOOKS REGISTERED.-THIS ITEM WILL BE CAREFULLY PACKED IN ORDER TO ARRIVE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION.-ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF THE ILLUSTRATIONSAPPEARS IN THIS LISTING.PLEASE EMAIL US FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.THE ORIGINAL ALBUM IS VERY RARE.WHENEVER A COMPLETE COPY HAPPENS TO BE AVAILABLE AT AN INTERNATIONAL AUCTION IT USUALLY EXCEEDSTHE AMOUNT OF  100.000 EUROS.WE RECOMEND IT TO:-SERIOUS COLLECTORS OF  RARE AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED TRAVELLERS BOOKS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.-MUSEUMS & LIBRARIES WHO MAY HAVE ONE OF THE ORIGINALS IN THEIR POSESSION BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROTECT IT. -INSTITUTIONS  OF FINE ARTS-PROFESSIONAL DECORATORS WHO ARE SEEKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE, IMPRESSIVE & PRESTIGIOUS HIGH-CLASS SOLUTION FOR APARTMENTS, HOUSES, OFFICES, HOTELS, ETC. -ART HISTORIANS -ARTISTS & PAINTERS (ESPECIALLY PORTRAITISTS)-SCHOLARS OF COSTUMES AND FASHION-GREEKS AND TURKS OF DIASPORA FOR THEIR DECORATIVEPURPOSES.-GALLERIES  & CURATORS OF EXHIBITIONSON THE ART  OF  THE 19TH CENTURY,  SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE,  THE OTTOMAN  EMPIRE  AND  THE GREEK REVOLUTION.DUPRE'S ADMIRERS AND SCHOLARSBIBLIOPHILESWHO ARE APPRECIATING THE ARTWORK & TYPOGRAPHY COLLECTORS OF FINE FACSIMILES INVESTORSVERY VERY FEW COPIES ARE  AVAILABLE.IN THE NEAR FUTURE IT WILL TAKE ONCE MORE A DEDICATED AND BOLD OR RISKY PUBLISHER-DREAMERTO REPRINT IT!SO DONT MISS IT!!! Luis Dupre was born in Seine et Oise in 1789. He apprenticed in the School of Jean-Luis David, the official painter of Napoleon. In February 1819 he visits the Greek areas with three English sightseers (Heyet, Hay and Viwian). They would undertake the expenses, and he would deliver to them in return, pictures of the monuments and the places of the country. The four travellers run through Corfu, the Greek Mainland, Thessaly, Sterea, the outskirts of Attica and the islands of Saronikos. They separated when Duprè continued his tour in Constantinople (Istanbul) and then, invited by Prince Michael Soutsos, in Bucharest, while the three sightseers returned in England. The tour finishes for him in 1820 with his return in Rome. His work from Greece was published in 1825 in the great travelling chronicle "Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople ou collection de portraits, de vues et de costumes Grecs et Ottomans peints sur les lieux, d `après nature, lithographiès et coloriès par L.Duprè èlève de David", and in the "Album Grece" which was published after his death in 1837.       pratir Store Place a Bid!