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The American in Paris: Or Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1843
M. Jules Janin
1843
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans : London
9" by 6.5"
vi, 256pp.
SUMMARY
A beautiful travelogue of Paris for Heath's Picturesque Annual of 1843, with eighteen steel engravings by M. Eugene Lami.
Illustrated,Leather Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
One of the aesthetically pleasing 'Heath's Picturesque Annual' series commissioned by the publisher and engraver Charles Heath, running from 1832-45, the present issued for 1843.
A first-hand account of travels through the city of Paris, with observations on its architectural features, important buildings, itineraries, sceneries, as well as notes on culture, people, and history. A charming work by Jules Janin, French writer and critique.
Bound with sixteen steel engravings of eighteen from designs by M. Eugene Lami. Most tissue guards were excised by a previous owner.
CONDITION
Re-bound in half calf binding over cloth covered boards. Externally sound with shelf wear, minor scuffing to leather, lightly chipped to extremities of spine and boards, gentle sunning to spine. Front hinge slightly strained, boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. With sixteen of eighteen plates of steel engravings.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
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often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
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Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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