Paris and its environs displayed in a series of picturesque views. The drawings made under the direction of Pugin [...]. Containing 204 views.

2 parts in 1 vol., 4to: ill. engr. title-[4]-202 pp., 101 pl. including front. (missing printed titles and engr. title of part I; some sm. marg. tears, sl. fox., trace of an old bookplate on inner cover).

Brown blind-stamped publisher's binding (corners sl. rounded), gilt flat spine (sl. faded and rubbed), a.e.g.

1st and only edition. Illustrated with 203 finely engraved views (of 204: ill. title I missing) arranged by 2 on each plate, by various artists after the British architect, designer and artist Pugin (1812-1852) and under the superintendence of C. Heath. With topographical and historical descriptions in French by L.T. Ventouillac and English translation.