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Paris Chez Jules Didot L'Ainé, Libraire Paris Baudouin Frères, Libraires, 1823. 8vo: [4]-235 pp.; 24 pl. Light foxing but plates fresh. Contemp. half dark blue calf, marbled paper on boards, gilt-tooled flat spine (boards rubbed, slides sl. dulled).,,,OCLC Number: 257738010...First edition of Sauvan's free translation of Egan's "Life in London" (1st Engl. ed.: London, 1821) ill. with 24 hand-coloured aquatints (complete) chosen among the 36 pl. of the 1st English ed., but unsigned, unnumbered and uncaptioned. With some woodengr. in text. "Described as "a faithful Portraiture of High & Low Life" from the West End to the East End, Pierce Egan’s comical monthly publication Life in London was one of the popular sensations of its day. The central characters - Tom, Jerry and Logic - were well-heeled young men about town, keen to see "a bit of life" in the poorer districts of London. Their escapades and misadventures were largely autobiographical, being drawn from the lives of Egan himself and his…
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Diorama Anglais, ou Promenades Pittoresques A Londres Renferment Les Notes Les Plus Exactes Sur Les Caractères, Les Moeurs Et Usages De La Nation Anglaise, Prises dans Les Différentes Classes de La Société : Ouvrage Orné de Vingt-Quatre Planches Gravées et Enluminées, et de Plusieurs Sujets Caractéristiques. [With interracial dancing] First edition.
de Sauvan, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar; Pierce Egan; George and Robert Cruikshank, artists.
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Diorama Anglais ou Promenades Pittoresques à Londres, renfermant les notes les plus exactes sur les caractères, les moeurs et usages de la nation anglaise, prises dans les différentes classes et la société
de Egan, Pierce. Jean-Baptiste Balthazar Sauvan. Illustrations by George and Robert Cruikshank
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Paris: Chez Jules Didot l'Ainé and Badouin Freres, 1823. First edition. Full Calf. Very Good. A French adaptation of Egan's "Life in London" -- not a straightforward translation. 8vo. 21 by 14.5 cm. 235 pp. 24 hand-colored plates taken from the English work. Gorgeous full mottled calf binding. Foxing, heavy-ish at times, on the text leaves.
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