Les Capitales de l'Europe: Promenades Pittoresques. 

hese bright little volumes, bound in glazed and blind-stamped pastel paper boards, are still housed in their original decorative publisher’s box. Each volume features a different European capital, illustrated with a hand-colored frontispiece.

Cartonnage bindings were widely used for commercially-produced children’s books in the Romantic era due to their attractiveness and affordability. This set is remarkably well-preserved.