Le Chapitre des Accidents.

Landscape 8vo (leaf dimensions roughly 15.5 x 23.5 cm): [iv] + 98 pp of letterpress, and 24 tipped-in full-page lithographic engravings ('taille-douce' over a tinted background), one illustrating each of the book's twenty-four chapters. Woodcut engraving on title-page. In contemporary brown cloth with green patterned endpapers. A tight copy, with the first few leaves somewhat grubby and worn at bottom outer corners. Occasional foxing throughout. Alhoy (1802-1856) was co-founder of 'Le Figaro'. Second and last edition. The illustrations are of a mildly satirical nature, the subjects including hunting and dogs, horses, carriages, and fishing. See Thiebaud and Vicaire (the latter only citing the edition of 1843 which has 21 of the 23 plates).