{"product_id":"antique-french-bound-annual-volume-journal-des-demoiselles-paris-1855-year-of-the-exposition-universelle-copy","title":"Extraordinary Pair of Antique French Bound Journal des Demoiselles, Paris, 1855 (year of the Exposition Unservsalle) and 1856, with family Provenence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3 standard-markdown\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1902, a French woman named Noémi Audibert gave two books to her friend Madame Manuel and her daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot one. Two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsecutive annual volumes of *Journal des Demoiselles* — Paris's most beloved women's magazine — for the years 1855 and 1856. Both inscribed in the same elegant hand: “À Madame Manuel et à Mesdemoiselles ses filles.” To Madame Manuel and her young daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1856 copy was later passed to daughter Marie Louise Manuel-Boué — her married name suggesting it traveled with her into a new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose two books stayed together for over 120 years. They arrived to me that way. I’m listing them as a pair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eParis, 1855. The Exposition Universelle just opened. The crinoline was at its peak. And every educated young Frenchwoman was reading \u003ci\u003ethis\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';\"\u003e📖\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal des Demoiselles\u003c\/i\u003e — the most beloved women's magazine of 19th century France, published continuously from 1833 to 1922. This is the complete bound annual for 1855: the 23rd year, printed at Boulevard des Italiens, Paris. A full year of fashion plates, needlework patterns, fiction, music, and society news, bound between two glorious marbled paper covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Provenance — The Manuel Family:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the detail that makes your copy uniquely valuable. Two handwritten inscriptions appear inside:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"À Madame Laurence Manuel et à Mesdemoiselles ses filles — Noémi Audibert — 1899\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(\"To Madame Laurence Manuel and to her young daughters — Noémi Audibert — 1899\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Marie Louise Manuel-Boué — 1901\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThis tells a beautiful story: the volume was \u003cstrong\u003egifted in 1899\u003c\/strong\u003e by one Noémi Audibert to Madame Laurence Manuel and her daughters, and then \u003cstrong\u003epassed to daughter Marie Louise Manuel-Boué by 1901\u003c\/strong\u003e — likely upon her marriage (the hyphenated surname Boué suggests a married name). Three generations of French women, one book, two inscriptions 43 years after publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe 1855 cover shows a bit of wear and the 1856 cover is in excellent condition for its age.  A little water damage inside both (on the corner of pages), but remarkable for a 175 year old books!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10.5\" x 8\" x 1.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aimee's French Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45949461790918,"sku":"Vint-Dem1855-1856","price":420.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/9971\/3478\/files\/IMG_6882_7df922e1-cd61-4b4e-8279-0b6834b5ffd3.jpg?v=1781567994","url":"https:\/\/www.aimeesfrenchmarket.com\/products\/antique-french-bound-annual-volume-journal-des-demoiselles-paris-1855-year-of-the-exposition-universelle-copy","provider":"Aimee's French Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}