Creator
Charles Malo
Title
Les Capitales de l'Europe: Promenades Pittoresques.
Coverage
Paris
Publisher
Marcilly fils aîné (Paris: Imprimerie de A. Firmin Didot)
Date
[1829]
Description
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.
Source
Purchased in 2020 with Grolier Club Library Harper Funds