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Columbia University Press, 1998. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
PARIS QUI CRIE. PETITS MÉTIERS. by VIDAL, PIERRE - 1890
by VIDAL, PIERRE
PARIS QUI CRIE. PETITS MÉTIERS.
by VIDAL, PIERRE
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- Fine
- Hardcover
Gilt filet border on covers with gilt rose in corners; spine gilt-lettered with climbing vine and urn design. Original black and gilt wrappers and spine bound in with scenes in color on both covers. Minor marginal spotting. One of only 120 copies. Preface by Henri Beraldi, scholar and the most distinguished book collector of his time. He initiated a series of illustrated books celebrating life and locales in Paris, published in very limited editions. Thirty colored plates and one vignette by Pierre Vidal depicting Parisian peddlers and merchants, each with facing text by various authors, depicting the flower girl, street singer, food and drink vendors, a chair renter for outdoor events, a man who picks up cigar butts, and a ticket scalper. Heinrich Heine wrote that when God became bored in heaven, he looked out on the boulevards of Paris. Vicaire I, 46.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Format/Binding Pretty contemporary binding by G. Champs of brown levant, gilt.
- Book Condition Used - Fine
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Georges Chamerot pour les Amis du Livre.
- Place of Publication Paris
- Date Published 1890
- Size Large 8vo
- Keywords Paris, Trades, Illustrated , Binding, Limited Editions
- Size Large 8vo