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[PARIS under the ANCIEN RÉGIME].
See original version (French)
102
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[PARIS under the ANCIEN RÉGIME].
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
[PARIS under the ANCIEN RÉGIME].
SET of 4 titles in 6 volumes. Contemporary bindings.
-[ALLETZ, Pons-Augustin].
*Le Géographe parisien* or *Le Conducteur chronologique et historique des rues de Paris*.
Paris: Valleyre l’aîné, 1769.
2 in-8 volumes, contemporary marbled fawn sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, red edges (binding scuffed and joints worn; amateur restoration to the spine of volume 2, but interior remains fresh).
A very comprehensive work on the districts and streets of 18th-century Paris, preceded by a historical section and information on the city’s police and security. Indeed, the work is dedicated to Lieutenant-General of Police Antoine de Sartine.
7 maps and 8 plans of the districts and suburbs, engraved in black on copper, some of which are fold-out and enhanced with watercolour.
Complete with the large engraved fold-out map *General Plan of the City of Paris and its Suburbs*, by Denis, 1769, showing the boundaries of the districts and the River Seine in wash.
Includes a street index, a list of trades, locations of fiacre and loteroe stands, and a list of ‘letter boxes’ ’. Nau-Deville stencil bookplate (19th century).
-DULAURE.
New Description of the Surroundings of Paris
Paris: Lejay, 1786.
In-16, contemporary fawn-coloured calf with pebbled grain, ribbed spine with decoration; scuffing on the spine, nicks and corners; marbled edges. 2 parts in 1 volume.
-DEZALLIER D’ARGENVILLE, Antoine-Nicolas.
A Picturesque Journey through the Surroundings of Paris, or a Description of Royal Residences, Castles and Other Places of Pleasure
Paris: Debure l’aîné, 1779.
Small 12mo, contemporary speckled fawn sheepskin. Rubbed but interior fresh.
Includes the engraved allegorical frontispiece.
-THIERY.
Guide for Amateurs and Foreign Travellers in Paris
Paris: Hardouin & Gattey, 1787.
2 substantial in-12 volumes. Contemporary mottled fawn calfskin with pebbled grain, ribbed spine. With fold-out engraved views.
Stated as ‘Donated by Georges Duhamel, Member of the Academy’, passed down through the family.
Some pages missing; binding rubbed; some pages browned, but plates remain fresh.
Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné.
Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller with a passion for bookbinding, a flautist and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, moved in both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Decorative Arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and Academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were mainly staged in the Paris region.
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