Paris dans sa Spleandeur: Monuments, Vues, Scenes Historiques, Descriptions et Histoire. Vol I-III
Paris: Henri Charpentier, c. 1861. Edition: First Edition, Binding: Contemporary crimson quarter morocco with matching pebbled cloth boards. Spine has ten raised bands in pairs and six compartments. Gilt lines and ornamentation in all compartments. Gilt text in compartments 2 and 4. All edges marbled. Marbled pasted and free endpapers. , Notes: Text in French. 3 volumes. A beautiful collection of large-scale hand coloured lithographs. Many of the plates were taken from balloons. The text was written by many of the important writers of the day, including Prosper Mérimée of the Académie Française. , Size: Folio (476x330mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with 100 beautiful, fully hand coloured lithographs of Parisian buildings, views, and important scenes from its history (including the storming of the Bastille and the return of Napoleon’s ashes in 1840), and a plan of Paris. The book is also profusely illustrated with in-text wood engravings. , Volume: 3, References: Vicaire 381-382, Pages: P. Vol I - Endpapers. Blank. Title page. Frontispiece. Illustrated title page. Introdction (i-xii). Chapter I: 1-88. Chapter II: 1-122. Blank. Endpapers. Vol II – Endpapers. Blank. Title page. Illustrated title page. Chapter III: 1-76. Chapter IV: 1-44. Chapter V: 1-24. Chapter VI: 1-22. Chapter VII: 1-36. Chapter VIII : 1-26. Blank. Endpapers. Vol III – Endpapers. Blank. Title Page. Illustrated title page. Chapter title page. Legend. 1-76. Chapt title page. 1-80. Appendix 1-34. Plate index (1-2). Blank. Endpapers. , Category: Book Europe France; Book Plate Books Colour; Paris. A fine copy of handsomely bound hand coloured lithographic views of Paris. The plates are clean and crisp. Bound in contemporary decorative quarter gilt morocco with matching crimson pebbled cloth. Item #B5141
Edition: First Edition, Binding: Contemporary crimson quarter morocco with matching pebbled cloth boards. Spine has ten raised bands in pairs and six compartments. Gilt lines and ornamentation in all compartments. Gilt text in compartments 2 and 4. All edges marbled. Marbled pasted and free endpapers. , Notes: Text in French. 3 volumes. A beautiful collection of large-scale hand coloured lithographs. Many of the plates were taken from balloons. The text was written by many of the important writers of the day, including Prosper Mérimée of the Académie Française. , Size: Folio (476x330mm). , Illustration: Illustrated with 100 beautiful, fully hand coloured lithographs of Parisian buildings, views, and important scenes from its history (including the storming of the Bastille and the return of Napoleon’s ashes in 1840), and a plan of Paris. The book is also profusely illustrated with in-text wood engravings. , Volume: 3, References: Vicaire 381-382, Pages: P. Vol I - Endpapers. Blank. Title page. Frontispiece. Illustrated title page. Introdction (i-xii). Chapter I: 1-88. Chapter II: 1-122. Blank. Endpapers. Vol II – Endpapers. Blank. Title page. Illustrated title page. Chapter III: 1-76. Chapter IV: 1-44. Chapter V: 1-24. Chapter VI: 1-22. Chapter VII: 1-36. Chapter VIII : 1-26. Blank. Endpapers. Vol III – Endpapers. Blank. Title Page. Illustrated title page. Chapter title page. Legend. 1-76. Chapt title page. 1-80. Appendix 1-34. Plate index (1-2). Blank. Endpapers. , Category: Book Europe France; Book Plate Books Colour; Paris.
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