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Description de la toilette présentée à Sa Majesté l'Impératrice-reine, et du berceau offert à S. M. le Roi de Rome, par M. le conseiller d'État comte Frochot, préfet du département de la Seine, et par le Corps municipal, au nom de la Ville de Paris. Composés par Prudhon, exécutés sur ses dessins par MM. Thomire et Odiot, modelés par Roguet[Description of the toilet set presented to Her Majesty the Empress-Queen, and of the cradle offered to H.M. the King of Rome, by His Excellency the Councillor of State Count Frochot, Prefect of the Department of the Seine, and by the Municipal Council, in the name of the City of Paris. Designed by Prud’hon, executed from his drawings by Messrs. Thomire and Odiot, and modelled by Roguet]
de l'imprimerie Ballard|Paris 1811|27.8 x 40.5 cm|Relié
First illustrated edition with 5 plates (cf. Coll. Émile Brouwet, II (2), 168).
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets, title lettered lengthwise in gilt, joints and caps rubbed, title repeated on the upper cover, paper labels pasted to the lower left corner of the upper cover and the upper left corner of the inside back cover, bookplate pasted to the inside back cover, original front wrapper preserved, corners worn, mid-19th-century binding.
Some light foxing.
The five finely line-engraved plates by Cavelier and Pierron after drawings by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon bring together a selection of pieces of imperial furniture.
The fi
€6,000