Lively Paris.

Similar bindings for the 2 volumes by Ch. LANOE, each in a lined slipcase:

- Le Journal is bound in full dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands, gilt title and date at the tail. The front cover is adorned with a beautiful morocco marquetry decoration depicting a drawn purple curtain with newspapers and an inkwell at its base, framed by wide gray fillets with polychrome florets and a blue knot. All edges gilt. Original wraps preserved. Spine slightly faded and a friction mark on the front cover. The book is illustrated with a red and black frontispiece title and 32 black illustrations, including 3 out-of-text etchings, plus a suite on China paper of all engravings.

- Le Théâtre is bound in full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, gilt title and date at the tail. The front cover is adorned with a beautiful morocco marquetry decoration depicting a drawn pink curtain with comedy masks, a tambourine, a Pan flute, and a lyre at its base. All edges gilt. Original wraps preserved. The book is illustrated with a red and black frontispiece title and 34 black illustrations, including 3 out-of-text etchings, plus a suite on China paper of all engravings.

The 2 volumes have turn-ins adorned with wide frames with foliage and floret marquetry, and moiré silk doublures and endpapers.

• - Number of volumes: 2 volumes
• - Format: Octavo
• - Binding: Linked
• - Collation: Vol. 1: 55 pp. Vol. 2: 63 pp