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A fine album of thirty-three superb hand colored lithograph plates, heightened with gum arabic. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

A fine album of thirty-three...

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1837. An Amazing Collection of Thirty-Three Superb Hand Colored Lithographs By the Best French Caricaturists - From Some of their best Series GAVARNI, Paul. [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. DAUMIER, Honoré. VERNIER, Charles. TRAVIES, Charles Joseph. A fine album of thirty-three superb hand colored lithograph plates, heightened.....

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Lewis & Co's Selection of their Comic Black Jokes from the Designs of the Most Eminent. W. SUMMERS, G. HUNT, engraver.
SUMMERS, W.; HUNT, G., engraver

Lewis & Co's Selection of...

London: Published by Lewis & Co., 1834. Six of the Incredibly Rare Tregear's Black Jokes "A Series of Laughable Caricatures on the March of Manners Amongst the Blacks" SUMMERS, W., illustrator. Lewis & Co's Selection of their Comic Black Jokes from the Designs of the Most Eminent Artists. Book, No.....

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Six Quartiers de Paris. Eugéne LAMI.
LAMI, Eugéne

Six Quartiers de Paris

Paris: Delpech Quai Voltaire, No. 3., 1828. Eugène Lami's Six Quartiers de Paris LAMI, Eugène. Six Quartiers de Paris. Paris: Chez Delpech, 1828. Lithograph vignette title in sepia and six hand colored lithographed plates. All plates mounted on stubs. Complete as issued. Oblong quarto. (10 1/8 x 13 inches; 257.....

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

Specimens of Riding near London

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1821. 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, 1821. First edition. Oblong folio (10 x 13 3/4 inches; 254 x 350 mm.). Printed title and eighteen hand-colored engraved plates.....

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

Tour Through Paris, A

London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy The Plates Superbly Hand-Colored 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.....

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Les Douze journées erotique de Mayeux. Charles Joseph TRAVIES, MAYEUX.
TRAVIES, Charles Joseph; MAYEUX

[Les Douze journées erotique de...

Paris: [Anonymous], 1830. Forbidden Laughter in the July Monarchy: Traviès’ Mayeux Unleashed in a Rare Erotic Caricature Album TRAVIÈS, Charles Joseph, illustrator. [MAYEUX]. [Les Douze journées erotique de Mayeux]. Paris: [Anonymous], ca 1830-35. First and only edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 123 mm.). Twelve.....

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Virginians, The. William Makepeace THACKERAY.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace

Virginians, The

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. The Borowitz Copy, in the Original Parts and with an Autograph Letter Signed by Thackeray THACKERAY, W[illiam] M[akepeace]. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858-1859 [i.e., November 1857-October 1859]. First.....

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Les Jeux de L'Enfance [with] Recueil de Cinquante Scenes de Grisetes [with] Recueil des. Charles AUBRY, Louis Leopold BOILLY.
AUBRY, Charles; BOILLY, Louis Leopold;...

Les Jeux de L'Enfance [with]...

Paris: Delpech, 1826 / 1824. Mischievous Children, Grisettes and Deadly Sins In Sixty Hand-Colored Lithographs AUBRY, Charles. BOILLY, Louis Leopold. [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S. Les Jeux de L'Enfance [with]Recueil de Cinquante Scenes de Grisettes [with] Recueil des Scenes Familiéres [with] Boilly Les Sept péchés capital [with] Miscellaneous Prints. Paris: Delpech, 1824-1826.....

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Arthur RACKHAM, J. M BARRIE.
RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator; BARRIE, J.M.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. Arthur Rackham's Peter Pan The First Trade Edition - Handsomely Bound [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (From “The Little White Bird”). With Drawings by Arthur Rackham. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. First trade edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/4.....

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Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin, The. Charles DIBDIN, binder BAYNTUN.
DIBDIN, Charles; BAYNTUN, binder

Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin...

London: Published by the Author, at His Music-Warehouse…, 1803. Sixty Aquatint Plates Illustrating Charles Dibdin’s Songs Delicately Designed, Etched and Hand-Colored by Dibdin’s daughter DIBDIN, [Charles]. The Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin, Written by Himself. Together with the Words of Six Hundred Songs Selected from His Works, and Sixty Small.....

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Recueil de Sujets Moraux. Louis-Léopold BOILLY.
BOILLY, Louis-Léopold

Recueil de Sujets Moraux

Paris: Delpech, 1827. Street Life in Paris in the Early Nineteenth Century Louis-Leopold Boilly's 'Collection of Moral Subjects' Six Superb Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates A Remarkable Survival in The Publisher's Printed Wrappers BOILLY, L[ouis-Leopold]. Recueil de Sujets Moraux Dessinés sur Pierre par L. Boilly. Paris: Delpech, [1827]. Oblong Folio (11 3/4.....

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Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire. Henry ALKEN, APPERLEY.
ALKEN, Henry, illustrator -- [APPERLEY...

Memoirs of the Life of...

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. "A Most Valuable and Important Book" Second and Enlarged Edition With Additional Text and Six Extra Hand-Colored Plates [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of C.J. Apperley). Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High sheriff for.....

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Run with the Stag-Hounds by Phiz, A. Hablot K. BROWNE, PHIZ.
BROWNE, Hablot K.; PHIZ

Run with the Stag-Hounds by...

London: Messrs. Fores, 1863. Staggeringly Rare [BROWNE, H.K.]. PHIZ. A Run with the Stag-Hounds. London: Messrs. Fores,1863. First edition. Oblong folio (14 5/8 x 21 1/4 in; 372 x 484 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates, each dated May 13, 1863 and inscribed in print, "Proof." Printed by M. & N......

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Poems by William Cowper. FORE-EDGE PAINTING, EDWARDS OF HALIFAX.
FORE-EDGE PAINTING; [EDWARDS OF HALIFAX...

Poems by William Cowper,

London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co, 1812. Two Superb Edwards of Halifax 'Etruscan' Bindings With Two Fine Early Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Paintings [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [EDWARDS OF HALIFAX, binder]. COWPER, William. Poems by William Cowper, Of the Inner Tempe, Esq. In Two Volumes. A New Edition. London: Printed for J......

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Lovers' Panorama, The. George CRUIKSHANK, Robert, CRUIKSHANK.
CRUIKSHANK, George and Robert; CRUIKSHANK...

Lovers' Panorama, The

London: Hodgson & Co.,, 1835. Exceptionally Scarce Valentine Caricature by George and Robert Cruikshank Obadiah "I do confess I long have loved thee, And hope thou hast conceived the like for me;" Rachael "Yea, if thou wishest to take me to wife, I'll be thy partner thro' this weary life;".....

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Simples Histoires Trouvees Dans Un Pot Au Lait. Jean Pierre BRES.
BRES, Jean Pierre

Simples Histoires Trouvees Dans Un...

Paris: Chez Lefuel, 1825. Complete and Exceptionally Fine in its Original Box Eight Superb Hand Colored Stipple Engravings of Young 'Entrepreneurs' BRES, Jean Pierre. Simples Histoires, Trouvées Dans Un Pot Au Lait. Par M. Bres. Paris: Chez Lefuel, 1825. Eight small octavo volumes in original hand-colored lithograph box. Each volume.....

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La Foire aux Idées. Victor ADAM, lithographers BECQUET FRERES.
ADAM, Victor; BECQUET FRERES, lithographers

La Foire aux Idées

Paris: J. Monrocq, 1850. The Original Large-Format Edition of 'La Foire aux Idées' One Hundred Lithographic Plates by Victor Adam in a Handsome Publisher's Binding ADAM, Victor, illustrator. La Foire aux Idées. Paris: J. Monrocq, [ca. 1851–1855]. Large quarto (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches; 302 × 235.....

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Princesse Badourah, La. Edmund DULAC, Franz SCHAUWERS.
DULAC, Edmund, Illustrator; SCHAUWERS, Franz...

Princesse Badourah, La

Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza, 1914. Limited to 500 Signed Copies This Copy in a Beautiful Contemporary Binding by Franz Schauwers With Decorations Not Found in the English Language Edition DULAC, Edmund. La Princesse Badourah. Conte des Mille et une Nuits. Illustré par Edmond Dulac. Paris: L'Édition D'Art H. Piazza.....

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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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Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris. CHALON, ohn, ames.
CHALON, J[ohn] J[ames]

Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the...

London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. A Tall Copy and Rare With the Lithographic Title-Page CHALON, John James, illustrator. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed and Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon. London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. First edition.....

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Physionomies Tragiques [&] Physionomie Tragico-Classique [&] La Tragedie. Honoré DAUMIER.
DAUMIER, Honoré

Physionomies Tragiques [&] Physionomie Tragico-Classique...

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1841. "Daumier also felt the time was ripe to revive Greek tragedy, but in a somewhat unexpected way" DAUMIER, Honoré. Physionomies Tragiques [&] Physionomie Tragico-Classique [&] La Tragedie. Paris: [1851], 1841, 1848. Oblong folio (10 x 13 1/4 inches; 254 x 336 mm.). Thirty fine.....

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Galerie Théâtrale. Henry MONNIER.
MONNIER, Henry

Galerie Théâtrale

Paris: Chez Hy. Gaugain et Cie…et chez E. Ardit, 1828. Monnier’s “Theatrical Gallery” [MONNIER, Henry, illustrator]. Galerie Théâtrale. Paris: Chez Hy. Gaugain et Cie.…et chez E. Ardit, [n.d., 1828]. Quarto (10 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches; 258 x 216 mm.). Twenty-four numbered hand-colored plates lithographed by E. Ardit and H......

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Costumes of the Canary Islands. Alfred DISTON.
DISTON, Alfred

Costumes of the Canary Islands

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1829. Scarce Costume Book on The Canary Islands Six Hand Colored Lithographs - In the Original Printed Wrappers [DISTON, Alfred]. Costumes of the Canary Islands. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1829. First edition. Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 301 x 241 mm.). [2.....

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Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad, The. John LEECH, Albert SMITH.
LEECH, John; SMITH, Albert

Struggles and Adventures of Christopher...

London: Richard Bentley, 1846. The Various Misadventures of a Young and Naïve Protagonist First Edition in the Original Sixteen Monthly Parts Illustrated by John Leech LEECH, John, illustrator. SMITH, Albert. The Struggles and Adventures of Christopher Tadpole at Home and Abroad. By Albert Smith. Illustrated by Leech. London: Richard Bensley.....

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Characters at the West End of the Town. Drawn and Etched by Richard Dighton. Richard DIGHTON.
DIGHTON, Richard

Characters at the West End...

London: Thomas M'Lean: Repository of Wit and Humour, 1825. Richard Dighton's Caricatures of British Society Forty Fine Hand Colored Engraved Plates DIGHTON, Richard. Characters at the West End of the Town. Drawn and Etched by Richard Dighton. London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1825. First edition. Large folio.....

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