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DELPECH, F.S. (publisher). Iconographie des contemporains... Paris: Delpech, [1823-]1832. 2 vols. 200 lithographic portraits, 196 followed by a lithographic facsimile letter or document; Iconographie Franaise... Paris: Delpech, [1828-]1840. 3 vols. 201 lithographic portraits, 190 followed by a lithographic facsimile letter or document; Clebrits Contemporains... Paris: Delpech, 1842. 98 lithographic portraits, 90 followed by a lithographic facsimile letter or document. 3 works in 6 vols., large folio (514 x 330mm). Letterpress half-titles, titles and indices, otherwise lithographed throughout. 499 portraits, lithographed by Maurin and Belliard, Bazin, Hesse and Dupr are from the work of numerous artists, 484 followed by facsimile documents or letters. (Some browning and spotting to about half the plates, heavier to about 80.) Uniform French contemporary purple-half morocco, spines gilt (discolored, spines and extremities scuffed). Brunet III.401. (6)