Joseph Antoine Cervini

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Joseph Antoine Cervini provided the text for: Voyage Pittoresque dans les Pyrénées Françaises et les Départements Adjacents, (Picturesque Travels in the French Pyrenees and the Adjacent Areas), Treuttel and Wurtz, Paris: 1826-30, (Bibliographie nationale Française, BnF, The French national Bibliography ISBN 2-911715-12-8). This book documents the journey of Antoine Ignace Melling, after 1821 - sent by the French Government to document the Pyrenees - to demonstrate that their natural beauty rivalled that of the Alps. 72 fine aquatints, based on original sepia watercolours, were issued - together with the text.

• Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore (Paperback) The Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1826 edition by Aug. Wahlen, Bruxelles. Adamant Media Corporation (May 3, 2001) in French. ISBN-10: 0543973182 ISBN-13: 978-0543973184.