- Lot 354

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- Lot 354
GAVARNI - Selected works. Studies of contemporary manners. Revised, corrected and newly classified. First [- fourth] series. With notes at the head of each series, by Théophile GAUTIER & LAURANT-JAN. Paris, J. Hetzel, 1846-1848. 4 volumes large in-8, 280 x 210 mm, signed binding by Champs half red morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated, gilt head. Volumes mounted on tabs. The set includes 320 plates. Vicaire, III, 953-955. A fine copy. ENCLOSED, OF THE SAME: - The Devil in Paris. - Paris and the Parisians -. Preceded by a History of Paris by Théophile Lavallée. Illustrations by GAVARNI. Paris, J. Hetzel, 1845-1846. 2 volumes large in-8, 280 x 185 mm, contemporary binding, blue half-chagrin with corners, spine decorated with four nerves, gilt head (corners slightly rubbed, one or the other small scratch). [6 including frontispiece], xxxii (missing pp. xvii-xxiv), 380; [4], lxxx, 364 pp. 210 (of 212) off-text. ORIGINAL EDITION to which contributed notably Balzac, Th. Gautier, A. Karr, Musset, G. de Nerval, Ch. Nodier, G. Sand, F. Soulie. It is illustrated with 206 woodcuts by Gavarni and 4 by Bertall and about 800 vignettes in the text. As indicated by Vicaire, III, 243, the map of Paris, here absent, is missing in most copies. Scattered foxing. TOGETHER 6 VOLUMES.
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