Chenavard (Claude-Aimé) Nouveau Recueil de Décorations Intérieures, contenant des Dessins de Tapisseries, Tapis, Meubles, Bronzes, Vases..., engraved throughout with pictorial aquatint title and 41 engraved plates, 1832 bound with Leconte (Émile) Album de l'Ornemaniste, half-title, engraved additional title and 71 plates, 1839, together 2 works in 1 vol., foxed, particularly pictorial title to the first, marginal water-staining, mostly affecting second work especially towards end, contemporary half green roan, spine gilt, with original purple printed upper wrapper to the first bound in, a little worn, spine defective at foot, folio, Paris, Émile Leconte
⁂ Both published by Leconte, the first in 7 parts and the second in 12 parts, all of 6 plates each, and often bound together. The first is effectively a trade catalogue with decorations and interiors in Egyptian, Chinese and Turkish styles, many of the objects being produced in the family workshop of his brother, Henri.
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