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Histoire des enseignes de Paris. Revue et publiée par le Bibliophile Jacob [pseud.] avec un appendice par J. Cousin..

Fournier, Edouard,1819-1880, Jacob, P. L.,1806-1884, Cousin, Jules,1830-1899 · 1884 · Paris, E. Dentu · 79 pictures

A history of Parisian shop and tavern signs by Édouard Fournier, edited by Paul Lacroix with an appendix by Jules Cousin, published by E. Dentu in Paris in 1884 for antiquarians and collectors of old Paris. Wood engravings copy carved and painted signboards: scrolled cartouches, a sun mask with putti, a Hercules medallion, figures in period dress, and street scenes.

Signs and signboards

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