323 - DALY, César.

DALY, César. Private Architecture in the 19th Century Under Napoleon III. New Houses in Paris and the Surrounding Area. Paris: A. Morel & Co., 1864 [and] Paris: Ducher & Co., 1872. 4 folio volumes. In black half-cloth slipcases with laces, featuring the publisher’s imprint on the corners and covers (slipcases show wear and soiling, but the interior remains fresh, with scattered light foxing). Description: A rare first edition of this monumental reference work. Dedicated to domestic, urban, and landscape architecture during the Second Empire. -Includes the “Rental Houses” section for the first series. -Complete with “Exterior and Interior Decorations of Commercial Establishments and Dwellings, Including Their Various Outbuildings in the City and Countryside”; “Villas, Chalets, Gardens, and Their Various Outbuildings” and “Interior Decorations of Commercial Establishments and Residences in the City and Countryside,” for the second series. Included: -CALLIAT, Victor. Parallèles des Maisons de Paris. New period from 1850 to 1860. Paris, Bance. 19th installment. Folio size. Paperback, printed cover, vignette on the title page (cover heavily damaged, paper slightly oxidized). -[CONTET]. Set of several plates of Parisian hotels. Small folio size, loose sheets, black phototypes.