[PARIS] PRIVAT D'ANGLEMONT, Alexandre, and COINDRE, F. Paris - Lot 251

[PARIS] PRIVAT D'ANGLEMONT, Alexandre, and COINDRE, F. Paris (publisher unknown). Paris: Rouquette, 1886. In-4, red half-maroquin, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, illustrated cover and spine preserved. 355 pp., 63 drawings reproduced in black. Cover preserved, slightly soiled. First edition illustrated by F. Coindre, whose drawings vividly depict the common folk, the streets, the small trades, and the slums of the capital. A study of the author’s life by Alfred Delvau. A friend of Baudelaire, Alexandre Privat d’Anglemont (1815–1859) is considered one of the finest chroniclers of “bohemian” Paris. One of 50 copies printed on Japanese paper; this unnumbered copy contains a second state with notes. Ex-libris vignette featuring a coat of arms. A very fine copy, well bound.