Pictures of the French : a series of literary and graphic delineations of French character. / By Jules Janin, Balzac, Cormenin, and other celebrated French authors. With upwards of two hundred and thirty engravings, drawn on the wood by Gavarni, H. Monnier, and Meissonier, and engraved by Lavieille, etc
1840, First Edition. London : W.S. Orr and Co. Poor copy in contemporary cloth boards, ornamentally blind-tooled, with gilt-decorated spine. Front panel detached, with rear joint broken and crudely repaired; spine cover pivoting on the rear joint. Covers somewhat dust-dulled overall, with endbands heavily worn and showing minor loss. Some faint scattered foxing internally, with the text block remaining securely bound to the spine. Remains a very serviceable copy overall. Item #459246
Physical description: xx, 361 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes: Collection of literary sketches of French social types, each by a different author, accompanied by wood-engraved illustrations. Translated from the French. Contents: Introduction / by Jules Janin -- The Parisian lady / by H. de Balzac -- The grocer / by H. de Balzac -- The grisette / by Jules Janin -- The law student / by E. de Bedollierre -- Political ladies / by Comte H. de Vieil-Castel -- The literary adventurer / by Alberic Second -- The monthly nurse / by Mad. de Bawr -- The "rapin" / by J. Chaudes-Aigues -- A leader of fashion / by Mad. Ancelot -- The physician / by L. Roux -- The attorney / by Altaroche -- The figurante / by Philibert Audebrand -- The virtuoso / by Comte H. de Vieil-Castel -- The duchess / by M. de Courchamps -- The midwife / by L. Roux -- The horticulturalist / by A. Karr -- The Court of Assize / by Courmenin -- The actress's mother / by J. Couailhac -- The dilettante / by Albert Cler -- The chess-player / by Méry -- The great lady of 1830 / by Mad. de Longueville -- The hospital attendant / by P. Bernard -- The government clerk / by Paul Duval -- The keeper of the table d'hôte / by Auguste Delacroix -- The pensioner / by A. Lorentz -- The canoness / by Elias Regnault -- The country school for young ladies / by Ecarnot -- The deputy / by Eugene Briffault -- The Parisian lady's maid / by Auguste Lacroix -- The speculator / by Viscount D'Arlincourt -- The unappreciated lady / by Frédéric Soulié -- The usher / by Eugène Nyon -- The charwoman / by Charles Rouget -- The "Canut" / by Joanny Augier -- The commercial traveller / by Raoul Perrin -- The pupil of the academy / by L. Couailhac -- The artists' friend / by Francis Wey -- The Catholic priest / by A. Delaforest -- The fruiterer / by Francois Coquille -- The "Viveur" / by Eugène Briffault -- The wet-nurse / by A. Achard -- The "Revendeuse-à-la-toilette" / by Arnould Frémy -- The peer of France / by Marie Aycard. Subjects: National characteristics, French, in literature. French literature - 19th century - Translations into English. Social types in literature. Costume - France - 19th century - Pictorial works. Wood-engraving, French - 19th century - Specimens. France - Social life and customs - 19th century. France - Social conditions - 19th century. Paris (France) - Social life and customs - 19th century.
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