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The Devil in Paris / Paris and the Parisians in...

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The Devil in Paris / Paris and the Parisians in pen and pencil. Texts by Balzac, Octave Feuillet, Alfred de Musset, George Sand, P.-J. Stahl, Jules Verne, Erckmann-Chatrian, etc. Illustrations by Gavarni - Grandville / Bertall - Cham - Dantan - Clerget. Paris, J. Hetzel, Libraire-Editeur, 1868. 4 volumes large in-8° in full red percaline with personalized decoration on the 1st plates. Gilt edges. Combed endpapers. Charles Magnier Binder. First printing of this new edition "increased, enriched and renewed in considerable proportions" (J. Hetzel). Jules Verne appears in the credits of the 4th volume with a text on Paris (geography, history, statistics), an original work published in parallel to La Géographie de la France and obviously unpublished compared to the 1845 edition. Beautiful copies!