Boulevards Paris, Signed (2 results)

Relié. In-4 (19 x 28 cm), reliure demi-maroquin à coins signée René Kieffer, dos à 4 nerfs orné de dorures, ex-libris de Michel Nalpas au 2e plat, couverture conservée (y compris le dos et le 4e plat), la date indiquée en page de titre est 1877 et celle de la couverture est 1878, 118 pages, illustré d'eaux-fortes d'A. P. Martial ; frottements aux coiffes, mors, nerfs et coins, petit manque de cuir à la coiffe inférieure, mouillure marginale sur l'ensemble du corps d'ouvrage, plus ou moins visible selon le feuillet, par ailleurs assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande. Martial A. P.

circa 44,4 x 33,5 (binding). 46 etchings (11,3 x 16,2 to 14,3 x 24,3 cm) mounted on large leaves of heavy paper Contemporary brown Morocco with richly gilt spine, covers and fore-edges, gilt arms on both covers (binding by Gelz-Niedrée) "Bénézit VIII, 446 (see A.M. Potement). Rare suite of etchings by Adolphe Théodore Jules Martial Potémont (1828-1883), who had studied with Léon Cogniet and Brissot de Warville. Originally only 20 views were published with texts by Saulnat and others. We can trace series of up to 45 etchings - here there are 46! Most have a description in pencil, the title is also signed and has the information "tiré à 5 (9?) exemplaires, no 2". This is obviously number 2 of a very small edition printed for a few collectors. The suptuous binding by Gelz-Niedrée (cf. Helwig II, 175) has been made for a British aristocrat (a standing lion to the left under three horseshoes with the motto "pro legibus et regibus" - possibly the Wilson family). Among the beautiful views are several bookshops, cafes, hotels, passages etc. Walter Benjamin writes about Martial in his "Stadt-Bild im Wandel". " - Nice and clean, the magnificent binding with small scratches or a little rubbed, but very decorative - this book cannot be shipped outside the EC!.