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Jadis et aujourd’hui. Henry MONNIER.
MONNIER, Henry

Jadis et aujourd’hui.

Paris: Delpech, Editeur et Imprimeur en Lithographie, 1829. “Then” and “Now”— Eighteen Scarce Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates By Le Maitre Monnier MONNIER, Henri. Jadis et aujourd’hui. Paris: Delpech, 1829. Title from front wrapper. Oblong folio (Plate size: 10 3/4 x 14 inches; 274 x 356 mm.; Wrapper size: 11 5/8 x......

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Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, The. Thomas ROWLANDSON, William COMBE.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas; COMBE, William

[Three Tours of Doctor Syntax...

London: Pub.…at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1812. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. London: Pub.…at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1812. First edition, first issue, with p. 1 reading “Chapter I” and.....

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Eight Representations of Shooting. Sir Robert FRANKLAND.
FRANKLAND, Sir Robert

Eight Representations of Shooting

Cambridge: W.D. Jones, at His Repository of Arts…, 1813. "A scarce set of amusing shooting incidents. In draftsmanship and colouring they are superior to "Indispensable Accomplishments."" (Schwerdt). FRANKLAND, Sir Robert, Illustrator. Eight Representations of Shooting. Engraved by Woodman & Turner from Drawings by Robert Frankland Esqr. To whom these Plates.....

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Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. BURY, homas T[albot.
BURY, T[homas T[albot]

Coloured Views on the Liverpool...

London: Ackermann & Co.,, 1833. The Most Complete Issue With Sixteen Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [BURY, T. T., Illustrator]. Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, With Plates of the Coaches, Machines, &c. from drawings made on the spot by Mr. T. T. Bury. With descriptive particulars, serving as a......

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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” A Very Unusual Example with the Plates in Two States - Colored and Plain [MONNIER, Henry, illustrator]. Galerie Théâtrale. Paris: Chez Hy. Gaugain et Cie.…et chez E. Ardit, [n.d., 1828]. Oblong folio. (10 3/8 x 14 inches;.....

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Pleasant Trips by Trains & Ships to Little Folks' Country. Louis WAIN, Beatrix POTTER.
WAIN, Louis; POTTER, Beatrix

Pleasant Trips by Trains &...

London [&] New York: Ernest Nister [&] E.P. Dutton, 1896. Eight Illustrations by Louis Wain and One Illustration by Beatrix Potter Unrecorded in Either of the Bibliographies WAIN, Louis. POTTER, Beatrix. Pleasant Trips by Trains & Ships to Little Folks' Country. A book of Pictures and stories for Children. London.....

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"Tout ce qu'on Voudra&quot. Honor&eacute DAUMIER.
DAUMIER, Honoré

"Tout ce qu'on Voudra"

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. “Anything You Like”: Daumier and the Freedom of Observation Daumier’s Notebook of Parisian Life DAUMIER, Honoré. Tout ce qu’on voudra. Paris: published in Le Charivari, 1847–1852. Folio (14 3/8 × 10 1/8 inches; 365 × 257 mm - actual plate size). Album containing 73.....

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Paris Comique, Revue Amusante. Honoré DAUMIER, CHAM.
DAUMIER, Honoré; CHAM (pseudonym of...

Paris Comique, Revue Amusante

Paris: Chez Aubert, Éditeur du Musée Philipon…, 1842. Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Daumier, Gavarni, Platier, Bouchot & Plattel [DAUMIER, Honoré & others]. Paris Comique, Revue Amusante Des Caractères, Moeurs, Modes, Folies, Ridicules, Excentricités, Niaiseries, Bêtises, Sottises, Voleries et Infamies Parisiennes. Text non politique Par MM. L. Huart.....

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Bohemiens de Paris. Honoré DAUMIER.
DAUMIER, Honoré

Bohemiens de Paris

Paris: Aubert & Cie., 1840. One of the Rarest of all the Daumier Albums Bohemiens de Paris - Complete with all Twenty-Eight Superb Lithographs DAUMIER, Honoré. Bohemiens de Paris. Paris: Chez Bauger et Cie., 1840-1842. Folio ( 13 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches; 343 x 270 mm.). Twenty-eight superb lithograph.....

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Baliverneries Parisiennes [Parisian Gossip. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Baliverneries Parisiennes [Parisian Gossip]

Paris : Au Bureau du Charivari, 1846. The Gossip of Paris as depicted by Gavarni GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Baliverneries Parisiennes [Parisian Gossip]. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1848. First edition, complete. Folio (13 x 10 inches; 330 x 254 mm.). Twenty-four fine lithograph plates. Publisher's yellow.....

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Les Grisettes Leurs Moeurs. Henry MONNIER.
MONNIER, Henry

Les Grisettes Leurs Moeurs

Paris: Giraldon Bovinet, 1828. "Perhaps the most piquant and original of Monnier's albums" MONNIER, Henry. Les Grisettes Leurs Moeurs, leurs Habitudes, leurs bonnes Qualités, leurs Préjugés, leurs Erreurs, leurs Faiblesses, & C. Dessinés d'après Nature au sein de leurs plaisirs, de leurs occupations, &c &c. par Henry Monnier. Paris: Giraldon.....

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Comical Customers at the New Stores of Comical Rhymes and Stories. Beatrix POTTER, Louis WAIN, WEEDON.
POTTER, Beatrix; WAIN, Louis; WEEDON...

Comical Customers at the New...

London: Ernest Nister, 1896. The first published appearance of Beatrix Potter's 'Froggie' Ten years before 'The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher' [POTTER, Beatrix], [WAIN, Louis], illustrators. [WEEDON, Lucy L.] & [BINGHAM, Clifton]. Comical Customers At the New Stores of Comical Rhymes and Stories. London: Ernest Nister, [1896]. First edition. Quarto.....

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"Saas Fee" [Switzerland. Arthur RACKHAM, artist.
RACKHAM, Arthur, artist

"Saas Fee" [Switzerland]

: , 1890. Arthur Rackham's Fünverein - His 'Five Club' RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "Saas Fee" [n.d., n.p., ca. 1890]. Original pencil and red crayon drawing, signed "A Rackham/Saas Fee/-- 99" on lower right-hand corner. Image size: 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches: 159 x 95 mm. Matted, framed and glazed.....

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Soldiers. Thomas ROWLANDSON.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas

Soldiers

London: Ackermann's Gallery, 1798. Thomas Rowlandson's Exceptionally Rare Suite of British Soldiers at Work and Play Complete with All Five Magnificent Contemporary Hand-Colored Aquatints Apparently Unrecorded by Grego - No Complete Copy Traced at Auction ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Engraved by Heinrich Joseph Schütz. [Soldiers.] London: Ackermann's Gallery, 1798. First edition. Oblong.....

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Roly-Poly Pudding, The. Beatrix POTTER.
POTTER, Beatrix

Roly-Poly Pudding, The

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1908. “From the Author of ‘Tom Kitten’” The Presentation Copy Sent by Beatrix Potter to the Little Girl Who Asked What Happened to Tom Kitten With Potter’s Three-Page Autograph Letter Explaining the Gift POTTER, Beatrix. The Roly-Poly Pudding. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1908. First.....

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Le Tohu-Bohu Plaisant. NUMA, Pierre-Numa BASSAGET.
NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET);...

Le Tohu-Bohu Plaisant

Paris: Chez Bulla Frères, 1850. The Chaos and Pleasantries of Human Relationships NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET). Le Tohu-Bohu Plaisant. Paris: Chez Bulla Freres, [ca. 1850]. Folio (16 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches; 413 x 308 mm.). Sixty superb hand colored lithograph plates + duplicates (with different hand coloring) of.....

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Album des Charges du Jour. Honoré DAUMIER.
DAUMIER, Honoré

Album des Charges du Jour

Paris: Charivari and Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme (a Stereotypical Bourgeois), and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H. Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari…et chez Martinet, [1859-60]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8.....

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Histoire Complette de Mr. Mayeux, Dessinée par divers Artistes et coloriée avec soin. [Together. Charles Joseph TRAVIÈS.
TRAVIÈS, Charles Joseph

Histoire Complette de Mr. Mayeux...

Paris: Hautecoeur-Martinet, 1819-1831. A Superb and Exceptionally Rare Collection of Mr. Mayeux “To say that he is vulgar is totally inadequate” TRAVIÈS, Charles Joseph. Histoire Complette de Mr. Mayeux, Dessinée par divers Artistes et coloriée avec soin. Paris: Hautecoeur-Martinet, 1831. [Together with]: Album Mayeux. Portraits Imagerie Populaire [cover title]. [Paris.....

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. SANGORSKI, binders SUTCLIFFE, RUBÁIYÁT.
SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders; RUBÁIYÁT...

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. "Vedder's ‘Rubáiyát’ set the standard for the artist-designed book in America and England.” In a Superb Early Twentieth Century Inlaid Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [BINDING]. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. FITZGERALD, Edward, Translator and Editor. VEDDER, Elihu, Illustrator. KHAYYAM, Omar. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.....

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Symptoms of the Shop. George Moutard WOODWARD, Francis SANSON.
WOODWARD, George Moutard; SANSON, Francis...

Symptoms of the Shop

London: S.W. Fores, 1801. Three of George Moutard Woodward's Hand-Colored Prints from "Symptoms of the Shop" WOODWARD, George Moutard, artist, SANSON, Francis, printmaker. Symptoms of the Shop. London: S.W. Fores, 1801. First edition. Quarto (10 1/8 x 8 1/16 inches; 257 x 265 mm.). Three (of twelve) hand colored 'Satirical'.....

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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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From the Earth to the Moon. Jules VERNE.
VERNE, Jules

From the Earth to the...

New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874. First Obtainable American Edition - Verne’s 'From the Earth to the Moon and A Trip Round It' VERNE, Jules. From the Earth to the Moon. Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And A Trip Round It. Translated from the French by Louis.....

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Portrait photograph of Rudyard Kipling. Rudyard KIPLING.
KIPLING, Rudyard

Portrait photograph of Rudyard Kipling.

Burwash, Sussex: , 1920. A Framed Portrait of Rudyard Kipling Together with an Autograph Letter to "The Bath Railway Poet" KIPLING, Rudyard, English poet and novelist, Nobel laureate (1865-1936). Portrait photograph of Rudyard Kipling. Together with a two-page autograph letter signed and dated "Feb. 7. 1920." and the original post.....

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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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Theatrical Characters. William HEATH.
HEATH, William

Theatrical Characters

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1829. Politics As Theater - Political Actors Lampooned By Britain's "Leading Caricaturist, Prolific Alike in Social and Political Satire" HEATH, William. Theatrical Characters. London: Thomas M'Lean, Dec. 1, 1829. First edition, first impression with plates dated Oct. 26 to Nov. 9. Large folio (16 1/8 x 11.....

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