Les environs de Paris. Histoire, monuments, paysages. Versailles, Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau, Rambouillet, Compiègne, Saint-Germain, Meudon, Chantilly, Saint-Denis, Vincennes... ouvrage rédigé par l'élite de la littérature contemporaine

New edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt double fillets and blind fillets, black paper boards with minor scuffs, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Under the direction of Charles Nodier, contributions by Jules Janin, Marco de Saint-Hilaire Etienne Arago, Louis Lurine, Arsène Houssaye, Maurice Alhoy, Amédée Achard, Léon Gozlan...
Work illustrated with 16 wood-engraved plates hors-texte as well as numerous in-text illustrations.
Some light foxing.