Title page: PARIS | À TABLE | PAR | EUGÈNE BRIFFAULT. | Illustré par Bertall. | {vignette} | PARIS | PUBLIÉ PAR J. HETZEL, | RUE DE RICHELIEU, 76 — RUE DE MÉNARS, 10 | 1846 ||
Pagination : ffl, [2] – h.t. / imprim., [2] – wood-engraved pictorial t.p. bt Bertall, [2] – t.p. / blank, [i] ii-iv, 2] – f.t. / imprim., [1] 2-184, ffl; in-text woodcuts by Betrall.
Collation: π6 1-462; size 8vo.
Binding: brown quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt device in compartments and gilt lettering to spine. Matching marbled endpapers, previous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown.
Bookplate: Motto: “LITTERÆ SCIENTIA & ARTES / AR (monogram), 7738 BELIURE TOFFIER – TOURS / L. D.”
Contributors:
Eugène Briffault (French, 1799 – 1854) – author of the text.
Bertall [ Bertal; Charles Albert d’Arnoux (French, 1820 – 1882) – illustrator.
Pierre-Jules Hetzel (French, 1814 – 1886) – publisher.
Printer: Imprimerie Schneider et Langrand, rue d’Erfurth, 1 (Paris).
Paper: La papeterie d’Essonne.
