Voyage pittoresque de Paris au Havre sur les rives de la Seine.

16mo: vi-[2]-207 pp.; 10 pl. (spotting on text ff.).

Contemp. yellow publ. binding with Romantic gilding and decoration, flat spine, a.e.g., decor. pink endpapers. Uniformly decor. cardboard slipcase. Good copy.

First edition of this charming little tour down the river Seine. Ill. with 10 full-page hand-coloured aquatint pl. showing views along the journey, i.a. St. Denis, Poissy, Rouen, the mouth of the Seine and Le Havre. Engr. title showing a hand-col. steam ship on the Seine. "An anonymously published travel account by Paris historian and man of letters, Charles Malo [...]. Malo's work has been described as "one of the most charming of almanacs from French publisher Louis Janet." (Bobins).
Ref. Barbier IV:1094. - Bobins III:947. - BnF.
Joined, same publisher, format & condition: 1. Les femmes et les fleurs. [1820]. Publ. binding (sl. used). Slipcase. Ill. with title & 11 full-page pl., all hand-coloured. - 2. Livre Mignard ou Fleur des fabliaux. [1826]. Publ. binding. Slipcase. Ill. with title & 6 full-page pl., all hand-coloured. (3 vol.)