[COLLECTIVE]. Once Upon a Time, or The Good Old Days. French Character Types of the Eighteenth Century. Paris: Challamel & Co., Publishers, n.d. [1842]. Large 8vo, red shagreen, wide gilt rocaille border adorning the covers, decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges (publisher’s binding). FIRST EDITION. Texts by AUDEBRAND, BEAUVOIR, BOUCHER, CHALLAMEL, CLAUDON, DESCHAMPS, Bibliophile JACOB, LABÉDOLLIERE… 40 plates and numerous vignettes in the text, by Tony JOHANNOT, Théophile FRAGONARD, GAVARNI, JACQUES, MARVILLE, and Émile WATTIER. A few foxing spots. Carteret, III, 40; Vicaire, I, 157. A BEAUTIFUL COPY IN CHAGRIN LEATHER DECORATED WITH A ROMANTIC DESIGN.