Chamouin

First edition. One map and 25 views by Rouargue engraved by Chamouin. One can distinguish the Tuileries Palace and the town hall which were destroyed during the Commune. A view of the new Louvre is interesting as well as that of the central markets, the new palace of justice, the recent Gare de l'Est, the new church of Saint Vincent de Paul. All these animated views are set in the contemporary Paris of the Second Empire.
Publisher's binding in half red shagreen with red percaline boards. Smooth spine decorated with 4 compartments with tools and fillets. On the upper board, decorated with several blind frames, Paris in gilt letters. Rubbing to joints, headcaps and corners. A micro crack to the upper joint at head. The engravings having retained tissue guards, margins of engravings with foxing. Good copy.