Lot Essay
The second copy is lacking the following plates: 'Nouveau Louvre', 'Palais de L'Industrie' and 'Lac du Bois de Boulogne'. Buerger states that several editions were published between 1845 and 1857.
PHOTOGRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
CHAMOUIN (engraver)
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CHAMOUIN (engraver)
Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype, Paris: Chamouin, circa [1845-57]
With twenty-eight engravings after daguerreotypes, plates approx. 6½ x 9in., titled and with publisher's credit in margin, tissue guards, printed title page, morocco-backed boards, titled in gilt on upper cover and spine (lacking quarter of spine), oblong 4to.; with another copy containing twenty-five plates (disbound). (2)
Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype, Paris: Chamouin, circa [1845-57]
With twenty-eight engravings after daguerreotypes, plates approx. 6½ x 9in., titled and with publisher's credit in margin, tissue guards, printed title page, morocco-backed boards, titled in gilt on upper cover and spine (lacking quarter of spine), oblong 4to.; with another copy containing twenty-five plates (disbound). (2)
Literature
Buerger, French Daguerreotypes, p. 243, no. 72, where a list of plates is given; Reynaud et al, Paris et le Daguerréotype, p. 260, fig. 1