Les Petits Montagnards, Ann�e 1822, [Paris, 1821], vignette title-page, eight full-page letterpress engravings, contemporary pencilled inscription on front free endpaper, all edges gilt, page block detached in original green morocco, rubbed, covers gilt panelled with single fillet and scalloped palmette border, with central vignette of birds in a nest flanked by a tree and a bird in flight, 22 x 17mm Gumuchian 4132; Welsh 5645. A rare and attractive miniature book. The first half of the volume consists of text in verse accompanied by full-page illustrations, including a young egg seller, a performing bear, a country girl with chickens, a hurdy-gurdy player, a woodcutter and a flower seller. An almanack fills the second half of the volume. (1)
Les Petits Montagnards, Ann�e 1822, [Paris, 1821], vignette title-page, eight full-page letterpress engravings, contemporary pencilled inscription on front free endpaper, all edges gilt, page block detached in original green morocco, rubbed, covers gilt panelled with single fillet and scalloped palmette border, with central vignette of birds in a nest flanked by a tree and a bird in flight, 22 x 17mm Gumuchian 4132; Welsh 5645. A rare and attractive miniature book. The first half of the volume consists of text in verse accompanied by full-page illustrations, including a young egg seller, a performing bear, a country girl with chickens, a hurdy-gurdy player, a woodcutter and a flower seller. An almanack fills the second half of the volume. (1)
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