Édouard FOURNIER

First edition. Rare copy with hand-colored plates. One frontispiece and 12 plates in volume 1, of which 12 are hand-colored; 18 plates in volume 2, of which 13 are hand-colored. The double plates are not colored. Text vignettes.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartments with triple fillets. Black grained cloth boards. Rubbing. Browning on several leaves in the second volume and some scattered foxing.
History of hostels and taverns through the centuries and different nations.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full dark green cardboard, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, gilt dates and places at foot, black shagreen title labels, contemporary bindings.
Minor scattered foxing, endpapers lightly and partially shaded.

First edition illustrated with 2 drawings as frontispiece.
Front cover detaching, slight marginal lacks to covers, handsome interior condition.

New edition, one of the copies printed on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece drawn by Louis-Edouard Fournier.
Spine and boards uniformly sunned, a light marginal dampstain to the front board, handsome interior condition.

First edition illustrated with 20 hand-colored plates showing the main character of each play drawn by MM. Maurice Sand, Allouard and Adrien Marie.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated, fillets on boards. Light rubbing. Fine copy, free from foxing and perfectly fresh.

New edition, one of the rare copies printed on Holland paper, of which no mention is made.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece drawn by L.E. Fournier.
Front endpaper lightly and partially shadowed, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with 2 plans as frontispiece.
Spine split with two small lacks at head and foot, minimal marginal lacks to boards.