MONNIER, Henry, illustrator
Moeurs Administrative dessinés d'aprés nature [with] Six quartiers de Paris [with] Moeurs Parisiennes [with] [Collection of six handcoloured lithographed plates on Parisian life] [with ] [Collection of six handcoloured lithographed plates on London life].
Delpech Paris and London, 1828.
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This unusual volume contains a fine set of handcoloured plates on both Parisian and London life. The illustrator Monnier spent two years in London from 1825-27 and when he returned to Paris he embarked on a series of albums in which he recorded the manners and life of both cities.
Folio (34 x 264 cm). 2 title-pages with handcoloured vignettes, 44 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some occasional foxing throughout, all captioned, bound in contemporary green morocco backed boards, hinges cracked; overall a good copy.
Lipperheide 3662; Ray, "The Art of the French Illustrated Book".
Folio (34 x 264 cm). 2 title-pages with handcoloured vignettes, 44 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some occasional foxing throughout, all captioned, bound in contemporary green morocco backed boards, hinges cracked; overall a good copy.
Lipperheide 3662; Ray, "The Art of the French Illustrated Book".
Stock code 82650
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Moeurs Administrative dessinés d'aprés nature
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£5,500.00
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£5,500.00
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