Albert Robida - Le Dix-Neuvième Siècle [cartonnage polychrome] - 1888

Le Dix-neuvième Siècle. Texte et dessins par A. Robida – Albert Robida
Paris, Georges Decaux, 1888. iii, 404 pages. 30cm x 20.5 cm. First edition of Robida's "XIX-ninth century". In the original polychrome, gold and palladium binding, in green percaline. Gilt edges. The illustrations consist of a frontispiece and 15 plates enhanced in hand-coloured tones, 32 plates outside the text in pink, bistre, black, and 317 figures and compositions in black in the text.
Slight soilage, rubbing and fraying to the boards and spine. Removed sticker in the front-end pages. Some browning and offsetting of the illustrations throughout. Otherwise, interior is bright and clean; the illustrations are vibrant and in excellent condition and the binding is tight. Overall, a very nice copy in good condition.