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MONNIER, Henry, illustrator

Moeurs Administrative dessinés d'aprés nature

Stock Code
82650
Delpech Paris and London, 1828
£5,500

This unusual volume contains a fine set of handcoloured plates on both Parisian and London life. The illustrator Monnier spent two years in London from 1825-27 and when he returned to Paris he embarked on a series of albums in which he recorded the manners and life of both cities.

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Description

Folio (34 x 264 cm). 2 title-pages with handcoloured vignettes, 44 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some occasional foxing throughout, all captioned, bound in contemporary green morocco backed boards, hinges cracked; overall a good copy.

Bibliography

Lipperheide 3662; Ray, 'The Art of the French Illustrated Book'.

Stock ID:82650

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