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Célébrités de la Caricature. Honoré DAUMIER.
DAUMIER, Honoré

Célébrités de la Caricature

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1833. "One of the earliest sustained attempts in European graphic art to render political power as embodied psychology rather than symbolic caricature" Orléanist Politicians as Seen by Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Célébrités de la Caricature. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1833. Folio (4 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches; 374 x......

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Le Carnaval à Paris [and] Les Bals Masqués. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Le Carnaval à Paris [and]...

Paris: Chez Bauger, 1834. Midnight in Paris - Gavarni and the Secret Theater of Carnival A Superb Hand-Colored Copy of Le Carnaval à Paris in the Original Publisher’s Binding Together with the Very Rare and Complete Suite of Les Bals Masqués GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Le Carnaval.....

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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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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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Tale of Ginger & Pickles, The. Beatrix POTTER.
POTTER, Beatrix

Tale of Ginger & Pickles...

London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, 1930. Signed by Beatrix Potter at Hill Top During the Second World War An Exceptionally Attractive Copy with Contemporary Wartime Provenance POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Ginger & Pickles. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [1930]. Later edition (first published in 1909). An exceptionally.....

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Norske Nationaldragter tegnede af forskjellige norske Kunstnere og ledsaede med oplÿsende. Nils Christian TÖNSBERG.
TÖNSBERG, Nils Christian

Norske Nationaldragter tegnede af forskjellige...

Oslo: Jörgen Schive, Winckelmann & Sönner, 1852. Thirty-Three Colored Plates Illustrating the National Costumes of Norway TÖNSBERG. Nils Christian. Norske Nationaldragter tegnede af forskjellige norske Kunstnere og ledsaede med oplÿsende. Text. Udgivne af Chr. Tönsberg. Christiania, Udgiverens Forlag. [Oslo]: Trykt af [Printed by] Jörgen Schive, Winckelmann & Sönner, 1851-52. Norwegian.....

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Recueil de Cinquante Scènes de Grisettes. Jean-Gabriel J. S - SCHEFFER.
SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel J.S -.

Recueil de Cinquante Scènes de...

Paris: Delpech, 1826. Grisettes Fifty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -. Recueil de Cinquante Scènes de Grisettes. Paris: Delpech, [1826]. First edition. Folio (13 x 9 1/2 inches; 330 x 241 mm.). Vignette lithograph title-page and fifty hand-colored lithographs. Contemporary quarter black diced paper over marbled boards, spine.....

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Vertus & Qualités. Henri de MONTAUT.
MONTAUT, Henri de

Vertus & Qualités

Paris: chez Arnauld de Vresse, 1860. Extremely Scarce Children Satirize Good Adult Behavior MONTAUT, Henri de. Vertus & Qualités. Dessins Composés par... Paris: chez Arnauld de Vresse, n.d. [c. 1860s]. Colored issue. Oblong folio (11/4 x 15 7/8 in; 285 x 403 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates with interleaves. Each.....

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Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation, The. Arthur RACKHAM, Izaak WALTON, BIRDSALL.
RACKHAM, Arthur; WALTON, Izaak; BIRDSALL...

Compleat Angler or The Contemplative...

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1931. Bound By Birdsall "I Envy No Body But Him, and Him Only, That Catches More Fish Than I Do" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. Walton, Izaak. [BIRDSALL of Northampton, Bindery]. The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish.....

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My Cousin in the Army: or, Johnny Newcombe on the Peace Establishment. John MITFORD, Rivière, Son.
MITFORD, John; Rivière & Son;...

My Cousin in the Army...

London: Printed for J. Johnston, 1822. Johnny Newcome Returns: The Soldier’s Comic Progress A Spirited Sequel to the Celebrated Naval Satire - With Fine Cruikshank Plates [MITFORD, John]. My Cousin in the Army: or, Johnny Newcome on the Peace Establishment. A Poem. By a Staff Officer. London: Printed for J......

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Humourist, The:. George CRUIKSHANK.
CRUIKSHANK, George

Humourist, The:

London: Printed and Published by J. Robins & Co., 1819. Rare in the Original Pictorial Boards Forty Hand Colored Etchings by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. The Humourist: A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d’esprits, &c. Carefully selected. London: Printed and Published by.....

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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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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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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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Lavengro; The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest. George BORROW.
BORROW, George

Lavengro; The Scholar - The...

London: John Murray, 1851. A Remarkable Extra-Illustrated First Edition of “Lavengro” With Thirty-Three Original Topographical Watercolors Attributed to Samuel Poole Sumptuously Bound by Cedric Chivers BORROW, George. Lavengro; The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest. London: John Murray, 1851. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 5/8 x 4 3/4.....

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Sketches from Punch's Book of British Costumes [&] Miscellaneous Sketches from Punch. PUNCH.
PUNCH

Sketches from Punch's Book of...

London: , 1874. Fifty-Nine Original Victorian Pen-and-Ink Drawings After Punch A Remarkable Miniature Manuscript Album Including Thirty-Three Drawings from Punch's Book of British Costumes In a Superb Persian-Style Lacquer Wallet Binding [PUNCH]. Sketches from Punch's Book of British Costumes. An album of fifty-nine original pen-and-ink drawings by an unidentified but.....

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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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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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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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Cent et Un Robert-Macaire, Les. Honoré DAUMIER, Charles PHILIPON.
DAUMIER, Honoré; PHILIPON, Charles

Cent et Un Robert-Macaire, Les

Paris: Chez Aubert et Cie, Éditeurs du Musée pour Rire, 1839. An Exceptionally Rare Hand-Colored Copy [DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator]. Les Cent et un Robert-Macaire, composés et dessinés par M. H. Daumier, sur les idées et les légendes de M. Ch. Philipon, réduits et lithographiés par MM. ***; texte par MM.....

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Gallery of Fashion, The. Nikolaus Wilhelm von HEIDELOFF.
HEIDELOFF, Nikolaus Wilhelm von

Gallery of Fashion, The

London: Pub.…by N. Heideloff, 1794. The First Two Volumes of “the Most Splendid of English Costume Books” "A Very Difficult Book to Find in Good Condition" The Copy of Maria Christina, Queen of Spain [HEIDELOFF, Nikolaus Wilhelm von, publisher]. Gallery of Fashion. Vol. I, April 1794-March 1796. [London]: Pub.…by N......

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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 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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"If No One Ever Marries Me&quot. Barbara McCLINTOCK, artist.
McCLINTOCK, Barbara, artist

"If No One Ever Marries...

: , 2012. “If No One Ever Marries Me” Barbara McClintock's Original Published Illustration For Natalie Merchant's Leave Your Sleep McCLINTOCK, Barbara (1955-), artist. If No One Ever Marries Me. Original illustration for Leave Your Sleep: A Collection of Classic Children's Poetry, selected by Natalie Merchant. New York: Frances Foster.....

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Day’s Journal of a Sponge, A. Michael EGERTON.
EGERTON, Michael

Day’s Journal of a Sponge...

London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. The Misadventures of a Regency Free-Loader Told in Six Beautifully Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [EGERTON, Michael]. [A Day’s Journal of a Sponge. By Peter Pasquin. London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8.....

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