Louis Barron — Les Environs de Paris

Paris, Maison Quantin, c1884. Leather. A charming topographical survey of the districts surrounding Paris, illustrated with five hundred of Gustave Fraipont"s atmospheric engravings, bound in half morocco. Bound in a pleasing blue half morocco binding with marbled paper boards.This copy is undated. Dated from ink inscription to half-title. Illustrated with five hundred drawings from Gustave Fraipont. Featuring a colour map across two plates. Collated, complete. A richly illustrated topographical and cultural survey of the districts surrounding Paris, describing their landscapes, monuments, historic sites, villages, and leisure resorts at the height of the Belle Époque.The illustrator, Gustave Fraipont (1849–1923), was a celebrated Belgian-French painter and poster artist whose picturesque urban and rural views became widely collected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bound in half morocco binding with marbled paper boards. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in slight loss to morocco, more so to raised bands. Slight rubbing to boards. Blue toned illustrated title page fully disbound with small date inscription to upper perimeter. Front hinge cracked, with binding materials slightly exposed, but firm. With this exception, internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places but firm. Pages bright and clean if slight age toned, with one or two spots and handling marks to fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: G. Fraipont. Very Good .