Paul de KOCK, Charles-François D'AUBIGNY
La grande ville. Nouveau tableau de Paris comique, critique et philosophique[The Great City. A New Picture of Comic, Critical and Philosophical Paris]
Au bureau central des publications nouvelles • Victor Magen|Paris 1842 - 1843|16.50 x 26 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with wood engravings in the text by Gavarni, Daumier, D'Aubigny...
Bradel binding in full beige percaline, smooth spine with a black paper label, front cover decorated with an oil painting after the frontispiece, signed lower right "A. Dangleterre d'après document d'époque". Headcaps and joints skillfully restored.
A rare publication on Paris under Louis-Philippe. The work proceeds by subjects and articles: the wet-nurses’ office, flower sellers, baths, streetlamps, pavements, theatre outings, beards and moustaches, the Luxembourg Gardens, the Opera Ball, the auctioneers’ hall, lorettes and courtesans (Alexandre Dumas), restaurants and
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