Les Petits Montagnards
Paris, E. Jourdan, 1822.
1 vol. (20 x 27 mm) of 64 p. Red morocco, smooth spine decorated, rolled fillets and fillet framing the covers, gilt motif at center, gilt edges (contemporary binding).
Illustrated with 8 full-page engravings.
Following the London fashion, numerous almanacs of this kind were published in Paris after the fall of the Empire. Aimed at a female clientele, these small pocket — or rather salon — publications competed in delicacy and refinement to please an increasingly demanding public.
From the library of Jean-Paul Kahn.
Welsh 5645; Grand-Cartaret 1962; Gumuchian 4132.
#29736
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