BARRON, Louis. Les Environs de Paris. - Lot 17

BARRON, Louis. Les Environs de Paris. Paris, Maison Quantin, s.d. 1890]. 1 volume in-4, brown half-chagrin, spine decorated with faux-nerfs framed in cold and underlined by a gilt fillet, gilt lettering in a gilt cartouche, gilt head. Contemporary binding (Mendel). 604 pp. with 500 B&W life drawings by Georges Fraipont in and out of text and a double-page color map. Minor rubbing and scuffing, spine slightly faded, corners dulled. Slight browning in margins and on edges. First edition of this late 19th-century panorama of the mainly northwestern Paris suburbs, beautifully illustrated with 500 life drawings by Georges Fraipont and accompanied by a color map. A pleasant copy. Also included: COLLECTIF. Le Diable à Paris. Paris and the Parisians. Moeurs et coutumes, caractères et portraits des habitants de Paris, tableau complet de leur vie privée, publique, politique, artistique, littéraire, industrielle. Paris, Hetzel, 1846. One volume in-4, red half-chagrin, false ribbed spine decorated with fleurons and gilt title (spine faded, first upper box missing, rubbed and scratched). First edition of Volume 2 of Pierre-Jules Hetzel's literary and artistic pantheon of the capital, featuring contributions from the most famous writers and illustrators of the time. The texts, by Balzac, George Sand, Stahl, Frédéric Soulié, Ch. Nodier, A. de Musset, J. Janin, G. de Nerval, Stendhal, T. Gautier, A. Karr, Taxile Delord, Léon Gozlan, etc., are preceded by a "Geography of Paris" by Théophile Lavallée. Lavishly illustrated with B&W engravings in and out of the text by Gavarni, Bertall, Champin, Bertrand, D'Aubigny and Français, including a frontispiece, numerous out-of-text illustrations, numerous vignettes in the text and a title vignette featuring a caricature of a demon. A fine collection of illustrated works on the theme of Paris and its surroundings.