Mercier, Louis-Sébastien. - Tableau de Paris, new corrected - Lot 270

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Mercier, Louis-Sébastien. - Tableau de Paris, new corrected - Lot 270
Mercier, Louis-Sébastien. - Tableau de Paris, new corrected and enlarged edition. Amsterdam, s.n., 1783-1788. 12 vol. in-12, raked calf, spine ornamented - Spidermooring and lack of leather, many corners pierced - XX, 304; [4], 268; [2], 336; [4], 310; [4], 304; [4], 292; [4], 279; [4], 315; [2], 384; [2], 365; [2], 376; [2], 368 pp. - Rare homogeneous edition composed of the first 8 volumes printed together in 1783 (3rd edition) and of the last 4 volumes of 1788 of which it is the first edition; "It is very rare to meet the eight volumes which really came out together from the press". Complete and definitive edition, "the one which must be preferred to all the others". (Lacombe, Bibliographie parisienne, 305, 306). The preface of Tableau de Paris paints rather exactly Mercier's intentions: "I will speak about Paris, not about its buildings, its temples, its monuments, its curiosities, etc.: enough others have written there. I will speak of Paris, not of its buildings, its temples, its monuments, its sights, etc.: enough others have written about that. I will speak about the public and particular mores, about the reigning ideas, about the current situation of the spirits, about all that struck me in this strange mass of crazy or reasonable, but always changing customs. I will still speak about its unlimited size, its monstrous wealth, its scandalous luxury. One has in the capital passions that one does not have elsewhere. The sight of the pleasures invites to enjoy also. All the actors who play their role on this great and mobile theater force you to become an actor yourself.
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