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DUPLESSI-BERTAUX, Jean (1747 – 1819). A Set of One Hundred Original Etchings, Drawn and Engraved by J. Duplessi-Bertaux. Paris: The Editors, 1814. Engraved title page, text in French and English. Pebbled cloth (sunned) over pebbled crimson morocco spine in five compartments, lettered and ruled in gilt, with marbled endsheets. Old holographic biography of the artist tipped to endsheet. With 100 copper-engraved etchings, including a portrait of the artist, and images of a Diablo juggler, Escamoteur, a performance of card tricks, fairground and outdoor performance scenes, bill posting, harlequins, and other looks at French life. Oblong 4to. Foxed. Tear to endsheet, binding rubbed.