Les Français peints par eux-mêmes : encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curmer, L. (Henri Léon), 1801-1870.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Costume.

France--Social life and customs--19th century.

France.

Manners and customs.

Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Paris (France).

Costume--France--19th century.

Conduct of life.

Penn Provenance:

Van Kirk, S. Frances (donor) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

9 volumes : illustrations (some color), color map, portrait ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle

Vol. [9] has title: Prisme

Place of Publication:

Paris : L. Curmer, éditeur ..., 1841-1842.

Notes:

Some vols. have added title pages, illustrated.

Originally issued in parts (fascicules), 1839-1842.

Completed vols. 1-3 were first issued without subtitle on title page, 1840-1841, and later reprinted with the subtitle, uniform with the later volumes.

Text by Achard, Balzac, Janin, Karr, Nodier, Soulié, and many others; illustrations by Daumier, Gavarni, Grandville, Johannot, Meissonnier, and others.

Vols. 1-5 deal with general types; vols. [6-8] (numbered 1-3) contain provincial and colonial types and have title: Les Français peints par eux-mêmes : encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siécle : Province.

Vol. [9], supplementary, issued free to subscribers, and frequently wanting in sets, has title: Le Prisme : encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvème siécle ...; it is included in the indexing at the end of the eighth volume.

Local Notes:

RBC copy imperfect: vol. [9] only.

Cited in:

Vicaire, G. Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXe siècle, t. 3, col. 793-804

Carteret, L. Le trésor du bibliophile, t. 3, p. 245-251

OCLC:

4591237