Paris dans sa splendeur. Monuments, vues, scènes historiques, descriptions et histoire [...].

3 vol., folio; engr. title and 99 pl. (foxing, very occ. extensive).

Publ. half red shagreen, gilt-orn. red buckram on covers with the arms of Paris in the centre, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands (rubbed, black stains).

First edition. Illustrated with a lithogr. title, a plan of Paris, 99 lithographs on tinted background (occ. in three colours as the pl. n. 68 "Cirque de l'impératrice") and numerous in-texts figuring beautiful views of Paris, its famous monuments and historical events.
Bound with, as it should be: Fournel, Victor - Paris et ses ruines en mai 1871. Précédé d'un coup-d'oeil sur Paris, de 1860 à 1870 et d'une introduction historique [...]. Ibid., 1872 (title soiled, sl. age-toned, extensively foxed). First edition illustrated with 20 lithographs (11 in colour and 9 on tinted background) showing Paris in flames and the monuments burning (the Tuileries, Palais Toyal, Hôtel-de-Ville...) after the Paris Commune.
Ref. Vicaire VI:381-382 and III:772-773 (Fournel).