Bachelier [Charles Claude] Jacottet [Jean] Benoist [Philippe], (Del.,...

Bachelier [Charles Claude] Jacottet [Jean] Benoist [Philippe], (Del., Lith.)

Paris et ses environs, 1855. Grand Album, Représentant les Vues et les Monuments les plus curieux de Paris et les Sites les plus remarquables des Environs., lithographic titlepage and 22 coloured plates, various publishers, paper guards, one plate detached, foxing and marking, inscription to front guard dated August 1855, binder’s stamp for Boscher to front pastedown, cloth-backed morocco, gilt-stamped, scuffed at edges, oblong folio, Paris, Maison Martinet, 1855.

*** Published between 1855-61, the series captured Paris as it underwent its greatest transformation, becoming the modern city of Baron Haussmann’s vision. Copies differed in terms of their contents, with plates numbered randomly.