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Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen und künstlichen Ganges des Campagnepferdes. Mit. Carl Adolf Heinrich HESS.
HESS, Carl Adolf Heinrich

Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen...

Leipzig: Theodor Seeger, 1800. Seven Superb Hand-Colored Engravings Depicting A Late Eighteenth Century Riding School By Carl Adolph Hess The text with instructions on the most natural and easiest way to train horses HESS, Carl Adolf Heinrich. Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen und künstlichen Ganges des Campagnepferdes. Mit Kupfern und.....

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Observations sur les Modes et les Usages de Paris. LE BON GENRE, Pierre MESANGERE.
BON GENRE, LE; MESANGERE, Pierre...

Observations sur les Modes et...

Paris: Chez l'Editeur, 1827. The Rarely Seen Parisian Scene The Rise of the Post-Revolution French Middle Class Its Customs, Costumes, and Leisure Activities [BON GENRE, LE]. Observations sur les Modes et les Usages de Paris, pour Servir d'Explication aux 115 Caricatures Publiées Sous le Titre De Bon Genre, Depuis le.....

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Naval Victories of Great Britain, from the Commencement of the War in the Year 1803 to 1816. W. LEWIS, publisher.
LEWIS, W., publisher

Naval Victories of Great Britain...

London: Printed by W. Lewis, 1820. The Naval Victories of Great Britain Scarce Large-Paper Issue with Forty-Two Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LEWIS, W., publisher. Naval Victories of Great Britain, from the Commencement of the War in the Year 1803 to 1816; Being a series of coloured views of naval engagements.....

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"Happiness" and "Dismay&quot. Kate GREENAWAY, In the style.
[GREENAWAY, Kate], (In the style...

"Happiness" and "Dismay"

: , 1875. Before and After the Accident A Superb Pair of Victorian Children's Drawings In the Early Style of Kate Greenaway [GREENAWAY, Kate, style of]. Happiness and Dismay. 1875. A pair of original pen-and-ink drawings on paper, each monogrammed and dated 1875 at lower right. Image sizes approximately 6.....

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Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Scraps From the Sketch-Book of...

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Very Scarce Alken With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Plates Engraved by Alken Himself ALKEN, Henry. Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Engraved by Himself. Containing Forty-Two Plates. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Second edition (plates dated 1820), complete; preceded by the oblong quarto edition of 1823, but of.....

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Coursing. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Coursing

London: Thos. Mc.Lean, 1824. Henry Alken's Depiction of Coursing ALKEN, Henry. [Coursing / Six Handcoloured Aquatints / by / Henry Alken] (letterpress title). London: Thos. Mc.Lean, 1824. First edition. Small oblong folio (9 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches; 249 x 368 mm.). A set of six hand-coloured etched plates, each.....

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Le Bout de L'Oreille. Pierre-Paul COMBA.
COMBA, Pierre-Paul

Le Bout de L'Oreille

Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1855. "Whisperings in the Ear" "A Little Bit of One's True Self" COMBA, Pierre-Paul. Le Bout de L'Oreille par Comba. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [ca. 1855]. First edition. Folio (12 15/16 x 10 inches; 338 x 254 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and eighteen fine.....

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Les Différents Publics de Paris. Gustave DORÉ.
DORÉ, Gustave

Les Différents Publics de Paris

Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant, [1854]. A Superb Copy Of One of the Master's Earliest Successes DORÉ, Gustave. Les Différents Publics de Paris. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant, [1854]. First edition. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/4 in; 254 x 335 mm.). Lithograph title and twenty original lithograph.....

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Ce Que Parler Veut Dire. Frédéric BOUCHOT.
BOUCHOT, Frédéric

Ce Que Parler Veut Dire

Paris: Paris: Chez Aubert gal: Vero-Dodat, 1837. One of Frédéric Bouchot's Greatest Comic Suites Thirty Brilliant Hand-Colored Lithographs Exploring the Difference Between What We Say - and What We Say - and What We Really Mean BOUCHOT, Frédéric, illustrator. Ce Que Parler Veut Dire (What We Say — and What.....

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Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois [&] Des Mères de Famille. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois...

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846. Three Complete Series by Paul Gavarni GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois [&] Des Mères de Famille. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846-1848. Three complete series bound in one folio volume (13 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 345 x 268 mm.). Fourteen.....

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Les Jolies Femmes de Paris. Charles-Édouard de BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de

Les Jolies Femmes de Paris

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846. Forty Superb Lithographs by Charles-Édouard de Baeumont Depicting The Pretty Women of Paris BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Les Jolies Femmes de Paris. [The Pretty Women of Paris]. Paris: Chez Aubert, [1846]. Folio (13 1/8 x 10 inches; 333 x 254 mm.). Forty superb lithographs complete, all mounted.....

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Robert Macaire, Les. Honoré DAUMIER, Charles PHILIPON.
DAUMIER, Honoré; PHILIPON, Charles

Robert Macaire, Les

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. Daumier's Most Celebrated Work Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana] Complete with 100 Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates, All Heightened with Gum Arabic A Remarkable Example in the Original Publisher's Blue Cloth DAUMIER, Honoré and Charles Philipon. Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana]. Paris: 1838. First edition. Folio (13 3/16 x 10.....

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Specimens of Riding Near London. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Specimens of Riding Near London

London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. Alken's Rare Satire Successfully Transplants Horse's Ass to Rider's Seat ALKEN, Henry. Specimens of Riding Near London. Drawn from Life. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean,. Repository of Wit and Humour, No. 26, Haymarket, 1823. Second edition. Oblong folio (8 3/4 x 12 3/4 in;.....

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Attorney-General's Charges Against The Late Queen, The. George CRUIKSHANK, Isaac Robert.
CRUIKSHANK, George and Isaac Robert;...

Attorney-General's Charges Against The Late...

London: G. Humphrey, [1821]. Queen Caroline Sliced And Diced By Satirists' Blade Fifty Devastating Hand-Colored Caricatures Directed Against the British Monarchy CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. CRUIKSHANK, I.R., illustrator. LANE, Theodore, illustrator. The Attorney-General's Charges Against The Late Queen, brought forward in the House of Peers, on Saturday, August 19, 1820. Illustrated.....

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Doctor Syntax in Paris or A Tour in Search of the Grotesque. William COMBE, Charles Williams.
COMBE, William; Williams, Charles

Doctor Syntax in Paris or...

London: Printed for W. Wright, 1820. Syntax Abroad: The Grotesque Tourist in Paris A Spirited Imitation of the Rowlandson - Combe Tradition, with Fine Hand-Colored Aquatints [COMBE, William]. Doctor Syntax in Paris or A Tour in Search of the Grotesque. A Humorous & Satirical Poem. London: Printed for W. Wright.....

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Tour Through Paris, A. William SAMS.
SAMS, William

Tour Through Paris, A

London: William Sams, [1828]. An Appealing and Underappreciated Color-Plate Book of Paris SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio.....

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Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise en Action. Louis-Pierre-René de MORAINE.
MORAINE, Louis-Pierre-René de

Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise...

Paris: J. Vermot, 1860. The Soldiers of the French Army Thirty-Two Hand Colored Plates MORAINE, Louis-Pierre-René de. [Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise en Action.] [150 Sujets lithographiés par de Moraine.] Paris: J. Vermot, [1860]. First edition. Small quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 267 x 207 mm.). Sixteen unnumbered.....

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Collection des Uniformes de L'Armee Francais. Le Chef D'Escadron MALLET, ENGELMAN.
MALLET, Le Chef D'Escadron; ENGELMAN...

Collection des Uniformes de L'Armee...

Paris: Charles Piquet, 1817. The Unfinished Masterpiece of the French Restoration Army One of the Earliest Military Lithographs Printed by Godefroy Engelmann The Complete Published Series MALLET, Le Chef d'Escadron. ENGELMANN, Godefroy, lithographer. Collection des Uniformes de l'Armée Française comprenant chaque régiment de toute arme, avec des détails de l'habillement.....

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In Powder & Crinoline. Kay NIELSEN, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
NIELSEN, Kay; Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur

In Powder & Crinoline

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Edition De Luxe in the Original Green Vellum Binding [NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator]. QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 copies (this.....

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La Journée d'une actrice, ou Douze scènes de jour et de nuit. Édouard WATTIER, Émile WATTIER.
WATTIER, Édouard; WATTIER, Émile

La Journée d'une actrice, ou...

Paris: Sazerac et Duval, 1826. A Day in the Life of a Parisian Actress An Exceptionally Rare Complete Copy with the Four Pages of Text and the Original Wrappers Bound in WATTIER, Édouard. La Journée d'une Actrice, ou Douze Scènes de Jour et de Nuit, Lithographiées par Ed. Wattier. Paris.....

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Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: A. W. D FELLOWES.
FELLOWES, W.D.

Visit to the Monastery of...

London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1823. With Thirteen Fine Hand-Colored Plates FELLOWES, W.D. A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: with notes, taken during a tour through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with numerous coloured engravings.....

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Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France from the year 1808 to 1814, The. Edward ORME.
ORME, Edward

Battles of the British Army...

London: Edward Orme, 1815. Edward Orme's Extraordinary Bronze Medallion Libraries of British Military and Naval Glory Two Complete Series of Twenty-Five Contemporary Hand-Colored Aquatints Preserved in Their Original Commemorative Bronze Medallions ORME, Edward. The Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France, From the Year 1808 to 1814.....

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Rangoon Views, and Combined Operations in the Birman Empire. Joseph MOORE, Captain Frederick MARRYAT.
MOORE, Joseph; MARRYAT, Captain Frederick

Rangoon Views, and Combined Operations...

London: Thos Clay, 1825. Moore and Marryat's Splendid Views of Rangoon and Scenes of British Military Manœuvers in the Area MOORE, Joseph, [Lieut., and Captain Frederick Marryat]. [Rangoon Views, and Combined Operations in the Birman Empire]. First and Second Series. London: Thos Clay, 1825-1826]. First edition. First Series with most.....

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Moeurs Administratives. Henry MONNIER.
MONNIER, Henry

Moeurs Administratives

Paris: Delpech, 1828. One of Monnier's Great Albums Groveling Bureaucrats at Work, aka Idle MONNIER, Henry. Moeurs Administratives, Dessinées d'apres Nature par... Paris: Delpech, 1828. First edition, Series II only. Oblong quarto (10 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches; 262 x 352 mm.). Complete with the engraved vignette title-page and twelve.....

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Le Peau de Chagrin. Études Sociales. René KIEFFER, binder, Honoré BALZAC.
KIEFFER, René, binder; BALZAC, Honoré...

Le Peau de Chagrin. Études...

Paris: H. Delloye [&] Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, 1838. An Incredible Early Twentieth Century 'Portrait' Binding by René Kieffer Specially Bound for Gérard de Berny in Memory of his Father Gabriel de Berny First Illustrated Edition with an additional set of Proof Illustrations on 'Large Thick Paper' BALZAC, Honoré de. KIEFFER.....

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