LERUE A. - Lublin album. 1859. 21 view boards.

LERUE A[dam] - Album of Lublin published by ... Warsaw 1859; printed by. J. Jaworski. 4, pp. [2], 42, plates 21. binding somewhat late fawn, cover broch. pasted on binding.
Banach 562. Abrasions and discoloration of the cover, small tear in the spine, local yellowing of the paper. On the cover of the brochure. printed dedication to August Zamojski. At the beginning of the title page printed "Branch II". Extensive fragment of a monumental work on 19th century iconography of Lublin and several other cities of the Kingdom of Poland. "Album" consisted of 12 sheets, accompanied by 48 view lithographs. This copy contains 21 plates. Each text sheet is devoted to a description of (usually) one object depicted in the next engraving (some engravings are rearranged). Plates numbered within each sheet. According to drawings from nature by A. Lerue was lithographed by J. Ceglinski and W. Walkiewicz. The collection consists of plates: 4. the Kraków Gate, 1. the Market Square and Grodzka Street, 2. the S-to Duskie Gate and bifurcations, 1. the S-to Duskie Church in Lublin, 3. the City Magistrate formerly a church, 2. the House once of the Sobieski family, 1. Royal Castle in Lublin, 2. Monuments of the Firlej family, 4. Cathedral in Lublin and Trinity Tower, 4. Tenement houses in Kazimierz Square, 3. S-go Michal Church (Old Fara), 2. Castle Chapel in Lublin, 1. x.x. Church. Bernardines Church in Lublin, [no number] Church x.x. Capuchins and monument in Lublin, 4. Krakowskie Przedmieście in Lublin, 3. View of Kazimierz from the Vistula River, 2. Market Square in Kazimierz Dolny, 4. Esterka Tower in Bocholnica, 2. Esterka Castle near Kazmierz, 3. Church in Goleb, 1. Aryan Chapel. Three descriptions (Zota Street and the Church of the Dominican Friars, the Cathedral Church in Lublin and the Church of the Brigidine Ladies) are not accompanied by lithographs.