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Paris. BRICE (Germain). Description de la ville...

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[Paris]. BRICE (Germain). Description de la ville de Paris et de tout ce qu'elle contient de plus remarquable. A Paris, chez les Libraires Associés, 1752. 4 vol. in-12, contemporary spotted havana calf, 5-ribbed spine, garnet-red title-piece, tomaison in various shades, ornate caissons, red edges (slight rubbing and minor wear, 3 uncovered headpieces, splits on 2 plates in t.1, some russeting and soiling in margins, wormholes in the lower margin of t.3 running through the work). Ninth and last edition, the most complete. Illustrated with a folding map of Paris and 40 plates, most of them folding, all engraved on copper.