La grande ville. Nouveau tableau de Paris comique, critique et philosophique

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 cheap eateries, the pawnshop, Monographie de la presse parisienne (Balzac), Jockey Club, etc.
"A very important work, remarkable for the fine gathering of writers and artists of the Romantic period who contributed to it." Carteret (Le trésor du bibliophile romantique et moderne).