25 (+ 1 title) ‘tiny’ engraved cards, watercoloured with small portraits of street vendors on the streets of Paris, captioned with their specific cries: ‘à la barque, à la barque’, ‘Voilà l’plaisir Mesdames, voilà l’plaisir’ or ‘à la fraîche qui veut boire’.

Blank blue reverse.

Pink cardboard slipcase

Good overall condition (slipcase and title card soiled, stained or scuffed)

40 x 27 mm

The bookseller and publisher Marcilly was specialised in small-format almanacs, calendars and religious publications.