DULAURE, Jacques-Antoine. Physical, civil and moral history - Lot 87

DULAURE, Jacques-Antoine. Physical, civil and moral history of Paris. Paris, Furne et Cie, 1837. 8 volumes in 8 vol. small In-8. Black half-basanes, smooth spines decorated with gilt interlacing. 464, 468, 519, 495, 499, 420, 384 and 423+(1 f.) pages, 58 illustrated plates. Slight wear to spine ends, spine ends a little rubbed, foxing. Atlas missing (rarely present). This 8-volume set devoted to the history of Paris is enhanced by 58 full-page steel engravings depicting the capital's most emblematic monuments: the Pantheon, the Bastille, the Nesle Tower, the Sainte-Chapelle and Père Lachaise. This first illustrated edition includes new notes and an appendix by J.-L. Belin. Updated, this most complete edition offers a view of what the first edition was waiting to see. A very fine set in its homogeneous romantic binding.