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Pictures of the French : a series of literary and graphic delineations of French character

Title
Pictures of the French : a series of literary and graphic delineations of French character / by Jules Janin, Balzac, Cormenin, and other celebrated French authors ; with upwards of two hundred and thirty engravings, drawn on the wood by Gavarni, H. Monnier, and Meissonier, and engraved by Lavieille, etc.
Publication
London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1840

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Additional Authors
  • Janin, Jules, 1804-1874.
  • Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
  • Cormenin, Louis-Marie de Lahaye, vicomte de, 1788-1868.
  • Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
  • Monnier, Henry, 1799-1877.
  • Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, 1815-1891.
  • Lavieille, Jacques Adrien, 1818-1862.
Description
xx, 361 p., [45] leaves of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Costume > France
  • France > Social life and customs > 19th century
Note
  • Added engraved title page.
  • A translation of portions of Les Français peints par eux-mêmes, encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle.
  • Originally issued in 12 pts. in 9, pts. 6/7, 8/9 and 10/11 being double nos. Title page and other preliminaries in pt. 12.
  • Illustrations: 45 prints (incl. added t.p.) : wood engraving ; full-page. Printed on china paper (size of primary support: 19 x 14 cm.) and mounted. -- Numerous wood-engraved ill. in the text. Head- and tailpieces and ornamental initials.
  • Parts issue: Each pt. in pale pink paper covers. Publisher's advertisements on p. [2-4] of covers.
Indexed In (note)
  • Hiler, H. Bib. of costume
Call Number
Arents BIP (Janin, J. Pictures 1840) 05-61
LCCN
15012533
OCLC
  • 1100341
  • NYPG05-B10252
Title
Pictures of the French : a series of literary and graphic delineations of French character / by Jules Janin, Balzac, Cormenin, and other celebrated French authors ; with upwards of two hundred and thirty engravings, drawn on the wood by Gavarni, H. Monnier, and Meissonier, and engraved by Lavieille, etc.
Imprint
London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1840 (London : T. Baker & Co.)
Indexed In:
Hiler, H. Bib. of costume, p. 709
Local Note
Arents copy: Parts issue.
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Added Author
Janin, Jules, 1804-1874.
Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Cormenin, Louis-Marie de Lahaye, vicomte de, 1788-1868.
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866. Illustrator
Monnier, Henry, 1799-1877. Illustrator
Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, 1815-1891. Illustrator
Lavieille, Jacques Adrien, 1818-1862. Wood engraver
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (Janin, J. Pictures 1840) 05-61
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