Optical views, series of 38

Drawings in pen and ink in optica style and finished as watercolours, ca. 1800. All 15.5 x 22.7 cm, all w. captions in French above and below (in reverse), on laid paper, some w. watermark D. & C. Blauw, HB or LL. Comprises a.o.: "Vue de la Grande Rue et l'eglise Ste. Marie a Londres", "Vue du rocher de Sainte-Hélène", "Vue du Pont de la Caraja a Florence", "Vue d'Alger", "Vue d'optique representant le Grand Lac de Barbarie", "Vue du theatre de l'Opéra Comique a Paris", "Vue perspective de la Ville de Geneve", "Vue de la Cathedrale de Milan", "Vue du Pantheon d'Agrippa", "Vue de la cathedrale de Glasgow", "Vue du Cap de Bonne Esperance" and "Vue du Grand Caire, Egipte".

Some occas. marginal stains and minor imperfections, generally in fine condition. A very colourful series of beautifully executed views. (total 38)