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2 volumes. [31], 200 [i.e. 400], [4]pp. Collates complete—a8-b8, A8-L8, Mio, N8-Z8 [V3 mismarked Ts], Aa8-Bb8. Page 78 erroneously numbered 87. (8vo) 15.8x10.5 cm (6¼x4"), modern full morocco, with gilt stamped dentelles, all edges gilt.

Although technically the second edition of this early guidebook, Bonnardot and others considered the amount of changes to constitute a new version of the work. Illustrated and armorial bookplate of Paris book collector P. Pasquet on the front pastedown; large Debuisson Collection [Paris] plate on the free front end-paper; small Debuisson Collection stamp on blank area of title. OCLC notes 12 institutional holdings of this early [second] edition which was the first revised, expanded and completely reset edition of Corrozet’s 1532 book- Fleur des Antiquitez, considered the first guide to Paris. As Alfred Bonnardot notes, the 1550 edition—printed by Corrozet, with his printer’s device in the center of the title-page—was completely recast, unlike Corrozet’s various editions [printings] issued between 1532 and 1550.

WITH: Bonnardot, Alfred. Gilles Corrozet et Germain Brice. Etudes Bibliographiques sur ses deux historiens de Paris. Paris: Champion, 1880. 65 pp. Frontispiece and one plate. Original printed wrappers, rebound in modern leather and marbled boards. Large Debuisson bookplate on the front pastedown. LUXURY GOODS MARKET BEFORE THE REVOLUTION