TY  - BOOK
AU  - Curmer,Léon
TI  - Les Français peints par eux-mêmes: Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle 
PY  - 1841///-1842
CY  - Paris
PB  - Ed. L. Curmer
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - France
N1  - Originally issued in parts (fascicules) 1839-42. Vols. 1-3 have t.-p. without the subtitle.
Text by Achard, Balzac, Janin, Karr, Nodier, Soulié, and many others.
Illustrations (408 plates, 1,000 illustrations, in the text) by Gavarni, Grandville, Johannot, Meissonnier, and others.
The first 5 vols. deal with general types. The next 3 [6-8] contain provincial and colonial types and have title: Les Français peints par eux-mêmes; encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle. Province.
The ninth volume, issued free to subscribers, and frequently wanting in sets, has title: Le Prisme; encyclopédia morale du dix-neuvième siècle. It is included in the index at the end of the eighth volume.
For detailed bibliographical description, various issues of certain plates, etc., see Vicaire, Manuel de l'amateur de livres du xixe siècle, t.3, 1897, col. 793-804; Tome 1 Province (1841, 392 p.); Tome 2 (1841, VIII, 396 p.); Tome 3 (1842, VIII, 460 p.)
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