French Character Engravings (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 vols, over 1000pp, hundreds of engravings personifying French characters, large 8vo, PROVENANCE: with the elaborate armourial bookplate of Thomas William Bramston (1796-1871) Member of Parliament for Essex South for thirty years from 1835 to 1865, who was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant in both volumes, some minor foxing o/w VERY GOOD, Curmer, Paris, 1840. * Fine engravings of character, trades and professions with appropriate text in the style of Kenny Meadows. Attractive and unusual. GAVARNI, LAVIELLE, GERARD, LOISEAU ETC. (illustrator).…