103 - [PARIS]. 3 volumes.

[PARIS]. 3 volumes. - MAROLLES (Michel de). Paris, or A Description of This City. Introduction and notes by Abbé Valentin Dufour. Paris, Quantin, 1879, in-8, 3ff.-XIV-379pp.-2ff.- Portrait. Ivory-colored Bradel vellum with flaps, red headband, untrimmed, front cover intact. - One of 300 copies printed on Holland paper, following 30 copies on China paper. Interior in very fresh condition, spine rubbed (Collection of Old Descriptions of Paris). Edition printed in 330 copies. Etched portrait. Michel de Marolles (1600–1681), a native of Tours, was appointed abbot of Beaugerai at the age of nine. He translated nearly all Latin authors. This collection of poems about Paris and its inhabitants was published in 1677. - MAQUET (Auguste). Paris under Louis XIV. Monuments and Views. Paris, Laplace & Sanchez, 1883, in-4, 2ff.-III-346pp. Engraved frontispiece and numerous reproductions of historical documents, both in the text and 10 full-page illustrations. Cherry-colored half-maroquin binding, corners, ribbed spine, finely decorated panels, gilt head, untrimmed, original vellum paper cover preserved. (Krafft). - One of 50 copies on Japanese paper, the only one on large-format paper. Very fresh and well bound. - DECLOUX and DOURY. An Archaeological, Descriptive, and Graphic History of the Sainte-Chapelle at the Palace. Paris, Morel, 1865, folio, 2ff.–48 pp.–25 plates. Red half-shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, gilt head. (Contemporary binding). - Very faint discoloration on the title page, a few foxing spots on the last plates, hinges very slightly rubbed; the rest is in fresh condition. Second edition, 20 chromolithographs by Sanier, Walter, and Beau, with particularly vivid colors and gold highlights. The last 5 plates are elevations, a general view, and a floor plan, drawn by Adams and printed on applied China paper. All plates are mounted on tabs.