Edmond Texier - Tableau de Paris - 1852-1853

1. Description of the work
• Title: Tableau de Paris
• Author: Edmond Texier
• Publisher / Printer: Paulin et Le Chevalier, Rue Richelieu 60 (Aux bureaux de l'Illustration) / Firmin Didot Frères typography.
• Year of publication: 1852 – 1853 (Roman numerals: MDCCCLII and MDCCCLIII).
• Format & Binding: Large folio / quarto in publisher’s black perchlore(?) calf binding? with a large gold-tooled decoration on the front board (armorial bearings of the city of Paris, Vendôme Column, July Column, Notre-Dame Cathedral, etc.) and blind motifs on the back board.
• Content: Union of Volumes 1 and 2 into a single large volume.
• Illustrations: A remarkable work illustrated with 1,500 wood engravings in the text and plates, produced from drawings by the era’s leading artists: Blanchard, Cham, Champin, Forest, Français, Gavarni, Gérard-Séguin, J.J. Grandville, Lami, Pauquet, Renard, Roussel, Valentin, Vernet, etc.
• Special feature: Includes a large Paris Plan (1853) engraved as a plate on double-page.

2. State of conservation
• Binding / Cover: Generally good for a book of this age. The perchlore(?) is well preserved with its gilding and blind tooling still clearly visible. Mild handling wear on corners, headcaps, and joints.
• Edges / Tine margins: Natural edges, dusted with light signs of use.
• Interior:
o Paper of the period showing the usual foxing on 19th-century paper.
o The margins of some pages (notably the title page) show small wear or creases at the edge, with no impact on the text or illustrations.
o The binding remains solid, the book block holds well.

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