Les Français Peints par Eux-Mêmes. Encyclopédie Morale du XIXe Siècle.

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Les Français Peints par Eux-Mêmes. Encyclopédie Morale du XIXe Siècle. Paris: L. Curmer, 1840-1842. First edition, five large octavo volumes, illustrated throughout with full-page hand-colored lithographs and uncolored wood engraved vignettes (lacking at least one full-page plate, Une Femme a la Mode, in volume I, some toning, contents good); bound in full uniform contemporary full red morocco by Bedford, gilt-tooled spines, a.e.g., 10 1/8 x 7 in. (5)

N.B. The text includes literary contributions of Balzac, Janin, Karr, Méry, Soulié, Petrus Borel, Monnier, Nodier; with illustrations by Daumier, Gavarni, Grandville, Monnier, Meissonier and Paquet. The work conveys a wonderfully playful contemporary portrait of French characters and "types," lovingly and mockingly described and portrayed.
Estimate $300-500


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