Description: Physiologie Du Bourgeois 1841 first edition. 124 pp.(2), with many in text woodcut illustrations. Rebound in fine quarter shagreen and marbled boards, 5 raised bands, gilt stamped title and fleurons, and marbled endpapers. [5.53.5 imches] First edition of this study of manners on the bourgeois, written and illustrated by Henry Monnier, creator of the caricatural character "Monsieur Prudhomme", of which Balzac said that he personified "the illustrious type of the bourgeois of Paris". With an ex libris of Eugene Seligmann. Binding is in very fine condition with only very minor bumped corners. The internals are fine with minor foxing throughout.
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Binding: Fine Binding
Language: French
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Henry Monnier
Publisher: Aubert et Cie, paris
Topic: Literature
Subject: Literature & Fiction