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La femme à Paris. Nos contemporaines--notes successives sur les parisiennes de ce temps dans leurs divers milieux, états et conditions.

Illustrated by: Pierre Vidal (French, 1849–1913)
Cover designed by: Léon Rudnicki (active late 19th century)
Etched by: Ferdinand Massé (French, 19th century)
Author: Octave Uzanne (French, 1851–1931)
Publisher: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies (French, active late 19th century)
Printer: Albert Quantin (French, active late 19th century)
1894
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with numerous photomechanical relief prints (some hand-colored) and 20 etchings
Dimensions Overall: 28.8 x 20.5 x 4.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number1983.494
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies (Ancienne Maison Quantin), 1894

Catalogue Raisonné Ray, French Illustrated Book, 331
Description(Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies (Ancienne Maison Quantin), 1894) Quarto; [2 ff.] vi, 328 pp. [1 f.], plus 20 plates and 2 ff. advertisement; contemporary half gilt-stamped blue morocco, marbled paper boards (Momanee Binder Cambridge; original publisher's pictorial wrappers bound in).

Illustrations of the life of Parisian women.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow (1850-1926; bookplate, inscription "W.S. Bigelow 56 Beacon St."), by whom bequeathed to MFA, accessioned November 9, 1983.