Description Historique de Paris, et de Ses Plus Beaux Monumens (Complete Set of 3 Volumes)

Paris et Dijon: les Auteurs, et Frantin, 1779-1781. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Contemporary mottled calf, lavishly gilt-stamped spine, gilt-stamped lettering in red leather spine label, original decorative endpapers; 8vo (120x 202 mm), 3 volumes; with half-titles, 3 additional titles, 2 allegorical frontispieces, 50 plates (39 of them with double views of Paris), and 2 full-page vignettes. Some very light scuffing at spine tips and along joints; occasional light toning and marginal soiling. A handsome set, with the bookplates of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Aldrich. Cohen-de Ricci 692.