GAVARNI et MERY. Lot n° 25

GAVARNI and MERY. Pearls and ornaments. [1] The Jewels. Fantasy by Gavarni. Text by Méry. Mineralogy of the ladies, by Cte Foelix - [2] Les Parures... Histoire de la mode by Cte Foelix. Paris, G. de Gonet, Martinon, Mme Vve Janet; Leipzig, Twietmayer, n.d. (1850). Two large volumes in-8, half bottle green morocco with corners, spines decorated in long with rocaille irons, gilt head, untrimmed, illustrated covers preserved (Canape). Original editions and first editions. Two frontispieces and 31 (16 + 15) plates engraved on steel by Geoffroy after Gavarni, printed on chine appliqué. One of the copies containing the plates printed on wove paper finely colored, with the borders cut in lace. "The meeting of the two works with lace margins is quite rare to to encounter" (Carteret, III, p.460). A delivery cover attached to each volume