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211 - DELVAU (Alfred). An Anecdotal History of the Cafés and Cabar…
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DELVAU (Alfred). An Anecdotal History of the Cafés and Cabarets of Paris. With drawings and etchings by Gustave Courbet, Léopold Flameng and Félicien Rops. Paris, Dentu, 1862. In-12, XVIII-298-[2] pp., frontispiece, vignettes in the text and plates, red half-maroquin with corner pieces, decorated ribbed spine, gilt head, cover preserved (contemporary binding). Slight water-stain. First edition of this work, featuring a frontispiece by Félicien Rops and seven etchings within the text (Andler-Keller, etching by Gustave Courbet; La Californie, etching by Flameng; *Le café Procope*, etching by Flameng; *Le café de la Régence*, etching by Flameng; *Le cabaret du Lapin-Blanc*, etching by Flameng; *Le Café des Variétés*, an etching by Flameng; and a vignette at the end of the volume by Flameng) and the separate print run of Flameng’s etchings. Four early 19th-century engravings added. (Vicaire, *Bibliographie gastronomique*, 264–265. Bitting, 120.) Ex-libris by Yves Louis Mongrolle.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 1 of 4 – Nos. 1 to 549
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Auction time 08/19/2026 at 11:00 AM
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