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[Parisiana] - Mercier, Louis-Sébastien. - Tableau de Paris, - Lot 75

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[Parisiana] - Mercier, Louis-Sébastien. - Tableau de Paris, - Lot 75
[Parisiana] - Mercier, Louis-Sébastien. - Tableau de Paris, nouvelle édition corrigée et augmentée. Amsterdam, 1782-1783. 8 vol. in-8, marbled calf, long ornate spines, tan (one red) title-pieces, brown end-pieces, marbled edges - One corner pierced, several others collapsed, one headband shaved, boards spotted, leather gaps. The last 4 volumes are slightly smaller than the first 4. Volume 6 is bound differently from the other 7 - [2], XVI, 319; [2], 352; [2], 352; [2], 331; [2], 348; [2], 335; [2], 324; [2], 364 pp. Heavily enlarged and largely original second edition of this famous description of daily life in Paris at the end of the 18th century. Driven by an encyclopedic desire to render all that his eye captures of the city, to paint everything - as the very term Tableau emphasizes - Mercier varies points of view - broad or narrow - and multiplies astonishing juxtapositions. His writing follows the rhythm of the walker, happily adapting to the chance encounters he encounters. Provenance: Château de Marcellus
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