Lot n° 691
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60 - 80
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[MERCIER (Louis-Sébastien)]. Tableau de Paris. Nouvelle édit - Lot 691
[MERCIER (Louis-Sébastien)]. Tableau de Paris. Nouvelle édition corrigée & augmentée. Amsterdam, sn, 1783-1789.
12 volumes in 4 volumes in-8, havane basane racinée, finely decorated smooth spines, red title and tomaison pages (binding slightly post.).
"This edition is, in my opinion, the best and most complete of Mercier's work", Lacombe (306).
One of the most famous texts on capital city mores. All the archetypes of Parisian society are analyzed in detail. Parisian life is also described in great detail.
Covers torn, corners dulled, rubbed, tear not missing from title page of vol. VII.
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