Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Janin, Jules. The American in Paris: or Heath’s Picturesque Annual for 1843. – (And:) The American in Paris During the Summer, being a Companion to the „Winter in Paris“; or Heath’s Picturesque Annual for 1844. 2 vols.

With 18 + 18 steel-engravings after designs by Eugene Lami. VII, (1), 256 pp.; XIV, (2), 247 pp. 4to. Olive green cloth with gilt decoraton to boards, edges gilt. – London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1943–1844.

English version of „L’Eté à Paris“ and „Un Hiver à Paris“. The French and the English version were both parallelely printed in the same years.From the estates of Henri Baron de Gudenus (vol. I) and of Luitenant Colonel Andrew Aytoun (vol. II) with their engr. armorial bookplates on inner front boards. – Uniformely bound set. Spnes slightly faded, corners slightly bumped. – Best.-Nr. 25618