Les industriels, métiers et professions en France. Avec 100 dessins par Henry Monnier (Industrialists, Trades, and Professions in France. With 100 drawings by Henry Monnier)

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8vo. Hardcover. Old quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine decorations, marbled endpapers. 23x15x2.3 cm. Louis Janet. Paris. 1842. iv, 251 pp. 30 full page plates, numerous vignettes. Monnier. Very good, light shelfwear, corners bumped, small marginal dampstain to lower corner, moderate toning and foxing to pages. About 1.5 cm from the rear free endpaper is torn (glued to the rear pastedown). French text. Illustrations of 30 trades people from butchers to water carriers with descriptions of their work and tools. weight: 1.4 lb.