Vol. 1 :
Title : LES | RUES DE PARIS | PARIS ANCIEN ET MODERNE | ORIGINES, HISTOIRE | MONUMENTS, COSTUMES, MŒURS, CHRONIQUES ET TRADITIONS | OUVRAGE | RÉDIGÉ PAR L’ÉLITE DE LA LITTÉRATURE CONTEMPORAINE | SOUS LA DIRECTION DE | LOUIS LURINE | et illustré de 300 dessins exécutés par les artistes les plus distingués | TOME PREMIER | { publisher’s device «G.K.» in vignette} | PARIS | G. KUGELMANN, ÉDITEUR, 25 RUE JACOB | 1844 ||
Pagination: [4] [1] 2-396 [4], total number of pages 404, plus 21 wood-engraved plates, incl. frontispiece, extraneous to collation.
Collation: 4to; π
2 [1]
4 2-50
4, total number of leaves 202, plus 21 leaves of plates.
Vol. 2:
Title: Same, “TOME SECOND”.
Pagination: [4] [1] 2-411 [412] [4], total number of pages 420, plus 22 wood engraved plates, incl. frontispiece, extraneous to collation.
Collation: 4to; π
2, 1-52
4, total number of leaves 210, plus 22 leaves of plates.
Binding: 27 x 17 cm, two volumes uniformly bound by the publisher in brown cloth, blind-stamped frame and gilt design (corners, coat of arms of Paris, lettering) to boards and spine, yellow endpapers.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Printer:
Alfred Wittersheim (French, 1825 – 1881)
Publisher:
Georges Kugelmann (French, 1809 – 1882)
Editor/Compiler:
Louis Lurine (French, 1816 – 1860)
Texts by:
Briffault, Eugène (French, 1799 – 1854);
Janin, Jules Gabriel (French, 1804 – 1874);
Huart, Louis Adrien (French, 1813 – 1865);
Burette, Théodose (French, 1804 – 1847);
Beauvoir, Roger de (French, 1806 – 1866);
Brot, Charles Alphonse (French, 1807 – 1895);
Le Roux de Lincy, Antoine (French, 1806 – 1869);
Achard, Louis Amédée Eugène (French, 1814 – 1875).
Illustrated book, profusely illustrated with over 300 woodcuts by:
Artists:
Daumier, Honoré (French, 1808 – 1879);
Gavarni , Paul [Chevalier, Hippolyte Guillaume Sulpice] (French, 1804 – 1866);
Nanteuil, Célestin François (French, 1813 – 1873);
Baron, Henri (French, 1816 – 1885);
Beaumont, Édouard de (French, 1821 – 1888);
David, Jules (French, 1808 – 1892);
Marckl, Louis (French, b. 1807);
Schlesinger, Heinrich [Henri-Guillaume] (German-French, 1814 – 1893);
Collignon, François Jules (French, d. 1850);
Godefroy, Félix (French, 1765 – 1848); Lemercier,
Charles Nicolas (French, 1797 – 1859);
Loutrel, Victor Jean-Baptiste (French, 1821 – 1908); May, Edouard (French, c. 1807 – 1881); Moraine, Louis-Pierre René de (French, 1816 – 1864);
Moynet, Jean Pierre (French, 1819 – 1876);
Rossigneux, Charles (French, 1818 – 1907).
Engravers: Bara, J. (French, b. c. 1812);
Brugnot (French, fl.c. 1834 – 1873); Castan, André (French, 19th century);
Budziłowicz, Ignacy (Polish-French, 1805 – 1863);
Chevauchet (French, fl. 1837 – 1850);
Pégard (French, 19th century); Czechowicz, A. (Polish-French, fl. 1840 – 1850); Debraine, T. Etienne (French, 19th century); Deschamps, M. (French, 19th century);
Fauchery, Jean-Claude Auguste (French, 1798 – 1843);
Ghouy, de (French, fl. mid-19th century);
Montigneul, Émile (French, fl. 1840 – 1850); Joret, J. (French, 19th century); Fity, A. (French, 19th century);
Guillaumot, Eugène (French, 1813 – 1869);
Halley-Hiback (French, 19th century);
Lacoste père et fils (French, fl. 1830s – 1860s); Lenepveu (French, 19th century);
Lesestre, Jean Théophile Gustave (French, 1815 – 1873);
Pannemaker, Adolphe François (Belgian-French, 1822 – 1900);
Piaud, Antoine Alphée (French, 1813 – 1867);
Pisan, Héliodore Joseph (French, 1822 – 1890);
Pollet A. (French, 1840 – 1860);
Pouget, Jean-Achille (French, fl. 1844 – 1877);
Porret, Henri Désiré (French, 1800 – 1867);
Pontenier, Auguste [Etienne, François] (French, 1820 – 1888);
Rose, Alphonse Antoine (French, fl. 1840 – 1860);
Timms, J. (English-French, fl. c. 1839 – 1865);
Verdeil, Pierre (French, 1812 – 1874);
Vien, Alphonse Jean-Baptiste (French, b. 1814).
