GAVARNI Paul ; SAND George ; STAHL, P.-J. ; GOZLAN Léon ; NO - Lot 169

GAVARNI Paul ; SAND George ; STAHL, P.-J. ; GOZLAN Léon ; NODIER Charles ; BALZAC Honoré... Le diable à Paris - Paris et les Parisiens - Moeurs et coutumes, caractères et portraits des habitants de Paris, tableau complet de leur vie privée, publique, politique, artistique, littéraire, industrielle, etc... J. Hetzel Paris 1845 ; 1846. Two volumes. Ill. by Gavarni, XXXII + 380pp. ; LXXX + 364pp. Large in-8. Original endpapers. Richly decorated caramel percaline publisher's boards and spines. Lenègre bookbinder. Gilt edges. Famous collective work featuring a series of short stories that paint an interesting portrait of mid-19th-century Parisian life. 19th century. It is one of the jewels in the crown of what was known as panoramic literature, providing a picture of society through the portrayal of representative types and typical places. The finest examples of this literature are Mercier's Le Tableau de Paris by Mercier (1781-1788), Paris ou le livre des cent et un (1831-1832), Les Français peints par eux-mêmes (1840-1842) and Le Diable à Paris (1845-1846). Virtually freckle-free. Sumptuous polychrome bindings with coruscating golds and foxing-free interiors. Both volumes and plates complete.