BRICE (Germain). - Lot 6

BRICE (Germain). Description de la ville de Paris, et de tout ce qu'elle contient de plus remarquable. Paris: Les Libraires Associés, 1752. - 4 volumes in-12, marbled calf, cold fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, red edges (period binding). Ninth and last posthumous edition of this work, which had been a great success since its publication in 1684. It was published with additions by Pierre-Jean Mariette and Abbé Perau. Each edition took into account changes in the capital; this one includes those up to 1750. The illustration comprises 41 plates, including a fold-out map of Paris made especially for this edition. A good copy in contemporary binding. Some cracking to spines. Some foxing.