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581 - Audiganne, P. Bailly, E. Carissan, A.
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Estimate €400 - €600
Description
Audiganne, P. Bailly, E. Carissan, A. Darcel… O. de Watteville… Paris in all its splendour. Monuments, views, historical scenes, descriptions and history… Paris, H. Charpentier, 1861. 3 folio volumes bound in red half-maroquin, ribbed spines decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt titles and headpieces – water stain on the second cover of Vol. 1 extending to the margins of the last 8 leaves and on the final leaf (red stain), small marginal tears on 33 folios at the end of Vol. 2, scattered foxing throughout - Vol. 1: [2 folios: frontispiece-title page, title page], XII pp. (Introduction), [1 folio: Palaces], 88 pp., [1 folio: Churches, Chapels, Cemeteries], 122 pp.; Vol. 2: [3 ff.], 76 pp. (A Stroll through Paris), [1 f., Fine Arts, Sciences and Literature], 44 pp., [1 f., Administration], 24 pp., [1 f., Charitable Institutions], 22 pp., [1 f., Places of Entertainment], 36 pp., [1 f., Industry and Trade], 26 pp.; [4 ff.], 76 pp. (Old Paris), [1 f. Modern Paris], 80 pp., [1 f., A Glance at the Surroundings of Paris], 34 pp., [1 f., Table of Plates]. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a map of Paris and 99 lithographic plates, some in colour, based on compositions by Ph. Benoist, Chapuy, Isabey, etc. Complete.
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