{"product_id":"les-prisons-de-paris-alhoy-lurine-eerste-geillustreerde-editie-1846","title":"Les Prisons de Paris | Alhoy \u0026 Lurine | First Illustrated Edition 1846","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn impressive French book from 1846 about the history and daily life within the famous prisons of Paris. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLes Prisons de Paris. Histoire, Types, Moeurs, Mystères\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was written by Maurice Alhoy and Louis Lurine and published by Gustave Havard in Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis original illustrated edition takes the reader through fourteen historical prisons and institutions, including the Conciergerie, La Force, Saint-Lazare, Sainte-Pélagie, Bicêtre, Le Temple and the Bastille. Historical events are interspersed with stories about prisoners, customs and life behind the walls of nineteenth-century Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book is particularly richly illustrated. In addition to numerous smaller engravings in the text, the edition contains large illustrations based on the work of several famous French artists from the Romantic period, including Bertall, Jules David, Eustache-Lorsay and Édouard de Beaumont.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe binding is also characteristic of the period, executed in half-leather with marbled boards and endpapers. The leather spine is decorated with gilded title letters and decorative gilded ornaments. There is also an old French bookbinding set label at the front.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA large and particularly fine-looking preserved historical book that is interesting both because of its subject and because of the rich nineteenth-century book illustration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003eTitle: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLes Prisons de Paris. Histoire, Types, Moeurs, Mystères\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthors: Maurice Alhoy and Louis Lurine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Gustave Havard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlace of publication: Paris, France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear: 1846\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst edition, first printing of the illustrated edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: French\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: approx. 27 × 17.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThickness: approx. 4 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding: half-leather binding with marbled boards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarbled endpapers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRichly illustrated with engravings in and outside the text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOld French bookbinding set label on the inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSturdy binding and well-secured text block\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClear foxing and age-related discoloration throughout the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigns of use and wear to the leather, edges and corners consistent with age\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmall localized old trace of bookworm\/insect damage at the top\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ziggy's Warehouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55469234553171,"sku":"AB0607012","price":2809.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/0412\/2451\/files\/IMG_2319_df6b3332-c6d8-4235-b9da-2ed244510a78.jpg?v=1792236736","url":"https:\/\/ziggyswarehouse.com\/en-mx\/products\/les-prisons-de-paris-alhoy-lurine-eerste-geillustreerde-editie-1846","provider":"Ziggy's Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}