Lot 08852

ESSARTS Alfred des, L’UNIVERS ILLUSTRE / Géographie vivante / Enrichi de 20 Costumes en couleur, Edité par Paris, Louis Janet, (Ca. 1850). First edition, royal octavo, pp. xi, 236. Plus 21 beautifully illustrated and hand-coloured lithographic plates printed on card. Frontispiece enhanced by hand in color representing several women in costumes. Original hardcover, rebound in green embossed fabric, with golden decorations and title; spine is missing, replaced by adhesive repair tape. Gilded edge pages, internal binding rather loose, but clean and fresh content. Good copy.