MARTIAL ARTS (A.-P.). Old Paris. 300 sheets. - Lot 124

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MARTIAL ARTS (A.-P.). Old Paris. 300 sheets. - Lot 124
MARTIAL ARTS (A.-P.). Old Paris. 300 sheets. [Paris] : imprimerie Beillet, [1843-1866]. - 3 volumes in-folio, 462 x 322: 98 plates; 100 (of 101) plates; 101 plates. Red half-marque with corners, gilt filets , spine with ornate ribbing, gilt head, untrimmed (contemporary binding). Brilliant album of 299 (out of 300) plates by the painter and engraver A.-P. Martial (1828-1883), which are original etchings depicting the Paris of the mid-nineteenth century. The engravings are arranged by arrondissement and each series begins with two engravings; the first serves as a frontispiece and the second lists the residences of famous people who lived in the represented arrondissement. On the first plate, which he calls "Preface title", Martial gives these details: "The first of these etchings was made in 1843, the last one in 1866. With the exception of a few old drawings, they give an idea of the state of Paris a little before and during this period. As for the famous addresses and the names and dates that serve as titles in this book for each of the twelve missing districts, these are the notes that I had to take in order to find out what the city contained curious people. - They complete a work that, without this addition, would only remind us of streets and buildings demolished about 50 years ago. " Complete copies of this book are becoming increasingly rare . All that is missing from this one is plate 155 (Rue de la vieille lanterne 1850). Beautiful copy with all the plates mounted on tabs and whose proofs, on laid paper, have been preserved practically at all margins. It comes from two important collections, that of Edgar Mareuse (1848-1926), historian, archaeologist, secretary of the Société de l'histoire de Paris et d'Ile-de-France and member of the Old Paris Commission, and that of doctor and bibliophile Lucien Graux (1878-1944). Some skin abrasions, blunt corners, common back rubs. The
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