Illustrated stories from Paris to London

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Paris-Londres. Keepsake français 1837. Unpublished stories illustrated by twenty-six vignettes engraved in London by top artists. Delloye, Desmé et Cie, Paris, 1837. Large in-8 of (4)-216 pp., 26 plates, half-leather binding, wear on caps, marbled edges, 5 misaligned sheets, a few very rare blemishes. Texts by Émile Chautemps, Chateaubriand, bibliophile Jacob, Alphonse Karr, Vigny, Aurore Dupin (George Sand) etc. Illustrated with a title frontispiece and 25 off-text engravings by Robinson, Thomson, Goodyear, Brandard, Bacon, Edwards etc. after Aubry, Chalon, Cooper, Vickers, Sharpe, Cattermole, Stanfield, Herbert. Delightful copy