London: Jennings & Chaplin, 1829-1831. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking tissue guards. Bookplate on front pastedown; offsetting and foxing to text, plates generally clean. Backstrip detached but present; front cover attached by binder's cloth internally. Good. Two small folio (8-3/4" x 10-3/4") volumes bound in one in publisher's embossed morocco leather, all edges gilt. Topographical and historical descriptions by L. T. Ventouillac. Illustrated with 202 steel-engraved views on 101 sheets and 2 steel-engraved title pages.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001543
Title: PARIS AND ITS ENVIRONS DISPLAYED IN A SERIES OF PICTURESQUE VIEWS
Author: PUGIN & HEATH
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Lacking tissue guards. Bookplate on front pastedown; offsetting and foxing to text, plates generally clean. Backstrip detached b
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Jennings & Chaplin
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1829-1831
Keywords: France, Illustrated Books, Steel engravings, Paris
Bookseller catalogs: Paris; France; Steel Engravings;

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Charles Agvent

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