Louis BARRON. Autour de Paris. 500 dessins d'après nature pa - Lot 44

Louis BARRON. Autour de Paris. 500 dessins d'après nature par G. Fraipont. Paris. Ancienne Maison Quantin / Librairies-Imprimeries réunies, May & Motteroz, Directors. (1891). Large in-4 (28 x 38 cm) with 1 false title, 1 title illustrated in two colors (red), (2)-497-(2) pp. red half-chagrin with corners, gilt head, cover. First edition. Strolling monograph on the Paris region, with in-text drawings by Gustave Fraipont: the Valois, the Marne, Fontainebleau, the rural valleys around Paris, Versailles, Rambouillet, the Oise Valley. A fine historical, geographical and tourist publication. Fragile paperboard, small cracks at the spine ends. Thirteen original pen-and-ink drawings, some enhanced with gouache, grouped in six plates are included; these drawings are signed by Fraipont and localized: Château de Saint-Germain, Pavillon Henri IV, Forêt de Saint-Germain, vieilles maisons à Houdan, places du petit et du grand marché à Poissy, Forêt de Marly.