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BONNEFONS (Georges).

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The historical hotels of Paris. History, architecture, preceded by some reflections on private architecture, by M. Albert Lenoir. Illustrations by Célestin Nanteuil, Daubigny, Bertall, Rouargue, Beaucé, H. Dubois. Paris, Victor Lecou, 1852. Large in-8, half black morocco with corners, spine decorated with the coat of arms of the city of Paris at the foot, untrimmed, blue illustrated cover and spine kept (Champs). First edition. Frontispiece by Célestin Nanteuil repeated on the cover and nine woodcut plates after Daubigny and Rouargue. A few vignettes in the text. An impeccable copy, bound in booklet, with its beautiful illustrated cover in perfect condition (small restoration at the bottom of the spine). From the Victor Mercier library (I, 1937, n° 291).