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TitleLes Francais Peint Par Eu Memes.
AuthorBalzac, Hon. De (Et Al.)
EditionFirst Edition
PublishedL.Curmer EDiteur Paris 1840
IllustratorDamier/Gavarni/Johannot /Roux/Bernard/Delacroix/perrin, and Many Others
DescriptionEncyclopedie Morale du Dix-Neuvieme Siecle. 9 Vols.1840-1842. All 9 Vols. with a woodengraved frontispice. All Vols. appr. 570 pp.& an index with the plates reduced to a vignette. 408 full page, woodengraved plates and a further (appr.) 1500 smaller vignettes, head and tailpieces, by artists as: Daumier, Johannot, Gavarni, Monnier,Cler, Briffault, Delacroix, Wey, Hilpert,Rouget,Perrin, Fremy, Berthaud & Brisset. With texts by Jules Janin, Hon. de Balzac, Fr. Soulie, M.G.Delmas, and many others. Vol. VI-VII & VIII with the Subtitle Provinces, I, II & III. Vol. VIII with a ldouble page, coloured map of France. And the unnumbered " Vol. IX" , "Le Prisme" issued as a supplement for the subscribers only.(Carteret:"Fort rare"(....)"Ils en est le complement indespensable" .pp.11-16 Offered here in the first, later altered, version) A ver good and complete set of the first edition of this finely illustrated work. In contemporary, fine, uniform 1/2 leather. Spines with raised bands, gilded. Titles in gold letters, marbled boards. See Carteret:Vol. III p. 245-51 A true encyclopedia of French XIX-Th. Century life. Many "cries", trades and professions, " types" are represented here, as are Le Juif, l'Arabe, & so on. A very good and complete copy in a seductive binding. Some browning and foxing in places, some slight scuffmarks at bindings, else very, very good.
Book conditionFine
Jacket conditionNo Jacket
BindingHalf-Leather
Book size4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Price 1450
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