GD Duchess Geogiana of Devonshire Armory Bookplate 0700 TRANSATLANTIC WWW Charles Philibert du Saillant Comte de Lasteyrie 1759-Paris-1849

Cavendish, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (1757 -1806) Georgiana Spencer was the daughter of John, 1st Earl Spencer, and Margaret Georgiana, elder daughter of Stephen Poyntz, of Midgham in Berkshire. She married, on the 5 June 1774, William, 5th Duke of Devonshire. A beautiful and intelligent woman, and a leader of fashion, she was a friend of Gibbon, Sheridan and Charles James Fox, travelled on the Continent (Mount Saint Gothard 1792), and wrote verse. Sales of duplicates from the library of William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire took place at R.H. Evans 29 May and 24 November 1815.

Seat / Residence(s): Chatsworth House, Derbyshire cf. 0700 TRANSATLANTIC WWW at the Helm www polygraphicum de web archives : rare & precious books and fine bindings : litografia : lithographie : lithography Le Mont Saint Gothard : Poème . Paris (1816) Mount St. Gothard : A POEM . Paris (1816) Chs. Philibert du Saillant Comte de Lasteyrie 1759-1849 Lithographic Pioneer : Incunable of Lithography. First Lithographic Book printed in Paris completely lithographed. Posthum published by her best friend Lady Elizabeth Foster (Beth) VANITY BOOK Only 50 copies printed cf. PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY copy ( one of 7 remaining worldwide) cf. MICHAEL TWYMAN Early Lithographed Books (with Illustrations) cf. BM Comte de Lasteyrie Details individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; publisher/printer; French; Male Life dates 1759-1849 Address Rue de Four-Saint-Germain, no.34 and No.54; then rue du Bac; Paris Rue St Marc (1825) Biography Lithographic pioneer, draughtsman, printer and publisher. Trained in Munich 1812-1814; established press in Paris 15 April 1816. Gradually retired from printing business after 1818, though publications under his name continue to 1825. Artistic publishing business taken over by Delpech; printing shop taken on by his chef d'atelier Brégeaut. His name often… View moreabout biography Bibliography A Mellerio & Louis de Nussac, 'La lithographie en France, Charles de Lasteyrie', Gazette des Beaux-Arts XIV 1935, pp.107-119 BLOG SPOT 708/2021 Yola www polygraphicum de LAST & LUST DES REISENS polygraphicum photo sources

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