Ecole française vers 1826-1833 Album amicorum containing about 35 drawings in charcoal, pencil, wash or watercolour, of lake or country landscapes, villages, castles, churches, houses, interiors, characters, King Louis XVIII, trades, animals, flowers ... including three attributed to Édouard HOSTEIN (1804-1889): - Mountain landscape with chalet. The picture, signed and dated 1828 lower left. 17.5 x 22.5 cm. - Sailboats by the lake. Lac sail, signed lower left. 11,5 x 16 cm. - Village overhanging a lake with sailboat. Watercolour, monogrammed E. H. and dated 1827 lower left. 14,5 x 19,5 cm. Nice trompe l'oeil frontispiece to the maps and watercolor drawings, signed Victor. Some calligraphic pages of verses after Lamartine and other poets... Bound in brown percaline with embossed scroll friezes, J.R. Encased. 21.5 x 29 cm. Accidents and restorations at the binding and interlocking.