(New Orleans): Peychaud & Garcia, 1876. First edition. Folio. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author at top of title-page: "A Monsieur Henri Grandjean Perrenoud avec les compliments de l'auteur--L. Fremaux". Illustrated with lithographic title-page with hand-colored vignette and 16 hand-colored lithographic plates. Publisher's three-quarter black morocco over brown pebbled cloth-covered boards, stamped and lettered in gilt, extremities and spine worn and rubbed; all edges trimmed; illustrated book-plate of Hermann Hofer on front paste-down; scattered light spotting to leaves; gutters reinforced with contemporary linen; in blue cloth fall-down-back box. From the collection of William S. Reese, and with his book-plate on front paste-down. Howes F-362 ("b"); Bennett, p. 44; Reese, Stamped With a National Character 93

A rare presentation copy of this American color-plate book depicting everyday life in Reconstruction-era New Orleans, inscribed by the author and artist Leon J. Fremaux to Henri Grandjean Perrenoud (1821-1887). "This book of New Orleans street characters may be the best example of the genre printed in the United States" (Reese). Featuring 16 fine hand-colored lithographs, including depictions of a chimney sweep, a sugar broker, an auction drummer, rice fritter, apple, and oyster merchants, and more.