- Bookplate on first blank; partly sl. waterstained in lower (blank) margin (incl. frontwr.); occas. sl. foxed. Good copy.
= Vicaire IV, p.221; Carteret III, p.297f; Sander 512; Brivois p.297.
Kock, P. de, Balzac, H. de, Dumas, A. a.o. La Grande Ville. Nouveau Tableau de Paris Comique, Critique et Philosophique. Paris, Bureau Central des Publications Nouvelles, 1842/ 1843, 1st ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),412; (4),418p., 16 woodengr. plates and num. ills. by i.a. H. DAUMIER and H. MONNIER, contemp. hcalf, t.e.g., 4to.
- Occas. sl. foxed (incl. plates). Spine sunned. Good copy.
= Vicaire III, p.1096-1098; Sander 314; Carteret III, p.278-280: "Ouvrage très important et remarquable par la belle pléiade de littérateurs et d'artistes de la période romantique qui y ont collaboré (...)". The (rare) first edition.
- Spine-ends/ corners sl. rubbed/ worn. Good set. = Vicaire VI, p.598f; Carteret III, p.474f.
AND 4 others similar, i.a. ALMANACH PITTORESQUE, year 8 (Tournai, 1848, ills., orig. wr., sm. 8vo) and ALMANACH COMIQUE, year 9 and 18 (Paris, 1850-1859, 2 vols., num. ills., contemp. (dam.) hcl./ orig. wr., sm. 8vo. Wrappers loose, reattached w. sellotape).
- One vol. upper hinge weak. One vol. frontcover and backstrip loose; one vol. backstrip chafed.
= Nouvelle série, no.28-79 (1900), 80-131 (1901), 132-183 (1902).
- Occas. sl. foxed/ waterst. (mostly in blank margins). Hinges broken and (sl. rubbed) covers loose(ning), repaired/ strengthened w. sellotape.
- Htitle browned; last few lvs. sl. foxed.
= With the orig. green wr. as published. Vicaire VI, p.1086; Carteret III, p.421; Sander 508; Brivois p.295-296.
Les Physiologies Parisiennes. Bibliothèque pour rire. Première série. Ibid., idem/ G. Barba, n.d. (1850), 20 parts in 1 vol., num. woodengr. plates by i.a. GAVARNI, CHAM, H. DAUMIER and A. BERTALL, contemp. giltlettered hcalf, t.e.g., 4to.
- Sl. foxed. = All published. Vicaire VI, p.621; Sander 575; Brivois p.327f.
AND 2 others in 4 vols.: MUSÉE OU MAGASIN COMIQUE DE PHILIPON (ibid., 1842-1843, 2 vols., 800 woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt hcalf, folio. One vol. ±30 lvs. w. (closed) tears/ strengthened w. paper strips); LE SALON LITTÉRAIRE (1842-1843, 2 vols., lithogr. ills., contemp. unif. (dam.) hcalf, 4to).