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London: William Sams, 1824.. Color aquatint. 24.5 x 32.5 cm. [Plate 3]Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 113 ( 3). Colas, 2898. Lipperheide, 1187. Tooley, 443

London: William Sams, 1822.. Color aquatint. 24.5 x 32.5 cm. [Plate 14]Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 113 (14). Accompanied by a page of letterpress description.Situated to the south of Paris near the Barrière d'Enfer.Colas, 2898. Lipperheide, 1187. Tooley, 443

London: William Sams, 1822.. Color aquatint. 24.5 x 32.5 cm. [Plate 13]Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 113 (13). Accompanied by a page of letterpress description.Colas, 2898. Lipperheide, 1187. Tooley, 443

London: William Sams, 1822. . Color aquatint. 24.5 x 32.5 cm. [Plate 10]Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 113 (10). Illustrated the final stage of auto-da-fés of criminal soldiers. Accompanied by a page of letterpress description.Colas, 2898. Lipperheide, 1187. Tooley, 443

London: William Sams, 1825. Small folio. (14 x 9 5/8 inches). Title plus 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates after V.Auger and others, 41 unnumbered pages of text with 2 pages text for each plate (except Street Characters which only has 1). Three-quarter red morocco and textured cloth by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in 6 compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. The preferred edition, with 21 rather than 17 plates. The fine views have a wealth of detail and a delicacy of shading not often found in aquatints of this period. Another unusual feature is that each plate represents a very specific moment in time, a snapshot of Parisian life, and that each is accompanied by full explanatory text. Published by William Sams, a relatively unknown printer-bookseller, these plates playfully showcase everyday subjects and Parisian life. The text gives both the historical background to the scene, an explanation of the specific moment and occasionally what will happen to the participants in the future. The 17th… Read More

Very good complete suite of 21 aquatint views of Paris in the years of the Bourbon Restoration.Lively collection of Parisian scenes showing the sights (parks, bridges, catacombs, morgue, swimming pool, etc.), the people (tradesmen, famous characters, itinerant merchants, street performers) and events (festivals, military rituals, religious processions). A good selection of post-Napoleonic costume too.First published in parts in oblong folio with the title A Tour of Paris in 1822, this is the first collected edition with letterpress and the title A Tour Through Paris. Plates dated 1822 and 1824.The illustrations are unsigned but accredited to the French artist Victor Auver. Four plates previously appeared in Richard Brinsley Peake's The characteristic costume of France, (1816): Itinerants on the Boulevards, Street Characters (as Water Carriers), The Catacombs and La Morgue.The plates depict: Distribution of wine on the morning of St. Louis; The voitures (coach-drivers) of Versailles; The blind man… Read More

London: William Sams Complete with all 17 hand coloured lithographs depicting life in Paris. Not dated (ca 1825). All edges gilt. Later half green morocco leather binding with original purple cloth boards. All edges gilt. New endpapers. Light foxing to the text. The color plates do not have foxing. Overall in NEAR FINE condition. Photos available upon request. . Half Morocco Leather. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover.

1825. London, Published by William Samt, (1825 ?). Folio. Contemporary red longgrained half-morocco. Richly gilt back, all edges gilt. Top a. bottom of spine professionally repaired. Title, (42) pp. of text to the plates and 21 fine hand-coloured aquatint-plates in fine colouring and condition. Some plates watermarked 1824 a. 1825. Abbey I: 113-14. Tooley: 443.

London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy The Plates Superbly Hand-Colored SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio (14 7/16 x 10 1/2 inches; 367 x 266 mm.). Engraved title-page and twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates with accompanying unpaginated text to each. Interleaved throughout. Plates watermarked 1825, 1827 and 1828. Contemporary quarter maroon straight-grained morocco over pebbled maroon cloth boards ruled in blind. Expertly re-backed with the original spine laid down. Spine with five wide and flat bandsdecoratively tooled and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With the armorial bookplate of Sir David Lionel Goldsmid Stern Salomons on front paste-down. A fine copy, unusually fresh and clean. Published by… Read More

London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio (14 1/4 x 10 7/16 inches; 361 x 265 mm.). Engraved title-page and twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates with accompanying unpaginated text to each. Plates watermarked 1827 and 1828. Contemporary quarter crimson straight-grained morocco over marbled boards. Gilt decorated compartments at spine head and tail bookending title in gilt. With the bookplate of Laurence Currie. A fine copy, unusually fresh and clean. Published by printer-bookseller William Sams, of whom little is known, these beautifully designed and aquatinted prints of brilliant hue and warm saturation depict lively and diverse Parisian street scenes and interiors. The Plates: 1. Distribution of Wine on… Read More