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Collective. Paris ou le Livre des Cent-et-Un. Paris, Ladvocat, 1831-1834. 15 vol. in-8. Half blond basane, smooth spine underlined by gilt roulettes and friezes, red morocco title and tomes (period binding). Some foxing. Missing the false title and the titles of volumes VI to XV. Minor wear to the spine. First edition of this collection of literary texts dedicated to Paris. The bookseller Ladvocat, finding himself in a critical situation, a number of writers undertook to help him by giving the publisher an article for the Livre des Cent-et-un. Main contributors: Jules Janin, Charles Nodier, Béranger, Chateaubriand, Henry Monnier, Lamartine, Pyat, Eugène Sue, Victor Hugo, Desbordes-Valmore, Pétrus Borel, Jules Sandeau, A. Thiers, Victor Schoelcher. A folded table. (Vicar VI, 392.)
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Collective. Paris ou le Livre des Cent-et-Un. Paris, Ladvocat, 1831-1834. 15 vol. in-8. Half blond basane, smooth spine underlined by gilt roulettes and friezes, red morocco title and tomes (period binding). Some foxing. Missing the false title and the titles of volumes VI to XV. Minor wear to the spine. First edition of this collection of literary texts dedicated to Paris. The bookseller Ladvocat, finding himself in a critical situation, a number of writers undertook to help him by giving the publisher an article for the Livre des Cent-et-un. Main contributors: Jules Janin, Charles Nodier, Béranger, Chateaubriand, Henry Monnier, Lamartine, Pyat, Eugène Sue, Victor Hugo, Desbordes-Valmore, Pétrus Borel, Jules Sandeau, A. Thiers, Victor Schoelcher. A folded table. (Vicar VI, 392.)
