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(PARIS - SOCIETY - FASHION). LES BELLES FEMMES DE PARIS par des hommes de lettres et des hommes du monde. Premiere serie.
Paris: Au Bureau... et chez tous les libraires, 1839. 8vo, (4), 420pp, 14 litho. plates mouted on china stock (as issued), lacks frontispiece. Quarter shagreen over marbled boards, gilt spine. Light wear at extremities. Occasional, mostly marginal foxing (some leaves more heavily toned), else a very good copy with clean plates. ¶ First Edition of this illustrated collection containing short biographies of 56 notable French women, many of them actresses, singers, and dancers. Some of the lithographic portrait plates are by A. Constant, E. Desmaisons, and H. Robillard after designs by A. de Chatillon. A companion volume appeared the same year under the title Les belles femmes de Paris et de la province, par Messieurs de Balzac [etc...]. A second series appeared the following year, accompanied by a letter volume. Sadly, the present copy contains only 14 (of 24) lithographic portrait plates. Digital images available upon request.
Offered for US$ 100.00 by: Dailey Rare Books - Book number: 6018.