Parisian streets through history in 1844

Description

LOUIS LURINE's 'Les rues de Paris. Paris ancien et moderne' published by Kugelmann, Paris 1844, in large octavo format (27 x 18 cm), 396 and 411 pages respectively, 2 volumes, half-leather binding with marbled edges, some foxing, minor wear on board edges. Original edition, illustrated with wood-engraved plates and numerous in-text woodcuts after Nanteuil and Gavarni. 2 frontispieces, the first by Nanteuil, the second by Édouard de Beaumont. Historical texts on Parisian streets by Jules Janin, Eugène Briffault, and Louis Huart, edited by Lurine.