Nantes: Charpentier Pere, Fils & Cie., 1829. The Costumes of Brittany and Other Regions of France 120 Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates CHARPENTIER, (H[enri Désiré]). Recueil des costumes de la Bretagne & des autres Contrées de la France. Ou la mise des Habitans offre quelque singularité remarquablen, dédié a...... More
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London: R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1812. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax The Fitz Eugene Dixon Copy In the Original Publishers Boards, Uncut. [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..... More
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..... More
Paris: Martinet, 1822. Exceptionally Rare Series of Sixty Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Depicting the “Cries of Paris” JOLY, Adrien Jean-Baptiste (Muffat). Les Petits Acteurs du Grand Theatre ou Recueil de divers Cris de Paris. Paris: Chez Martinet, 1822. Fourth edition, the rarest of all, and a Large Paper copy. Quarto (11..... More
Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Oh, What Fun To Travel! (Not) In Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, n.d. [ca. 1860]. First edition. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261..... More
Paris: A. Capendu Editeur, 1890. Meggendorfer's Movable Animals MOVABLE BOOK. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. REYNAUD, Adeline. Histoires Pour Rire. par Adeline Reynaud. Dessins par L. Meggendorfer. Paris: A Capendu-Editeur, [1890]. First edition. Folio ( 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 362 x 241 mm.). [14] pp. Six fine movable plates depicting various..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, 1830. Parisian Customs and Social Interactions as Seen by Edmé-Jean Pigal Seventy Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates PIGAL, Edmé Jean. Moeurs Parisiennes par Pigal. Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, [1823]. First and only edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 333 x 252 mm.). Lithographed title-page..... More
Paris: Lange Lévy et Comp., 1850. First Edition, Bound from the Original Parts Complete with all six of the original front wrappers and the five leaves of advertisements at the end From the Bibliothèque Antoine Vautier CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). HUART, Louis. CHAMPS, Victor, binder. Punch à Paris..... More
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..... More
London: William Holland, 1797. A Medley of Characters A Wonderful 'Frieze' by John [Colley] Nixon NIXON, John [Colley] A Medley of Characters. Drawn by J. Nixon, engraved by Ziegler. London: William Holland, [31, January 1797]. Oblong quarto (28 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches; 276 x 723 mm.). Large landscape hand-colored..... More
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Paris: Chez Aubert, 1837. Characteristic Expressions, Love Letters, and Law Students Twenty-Five Fine Hand Colored Lithographs by Daumier, Gavarni and Cujas DAUMIER, Honoré. La Galerie Physionomique (The Physiognomic Gallery) 5 plates (0f 25), [1837]; GAVARNI, Paul. Au Boit Aux Lettres (At the mailbox) 11 plates (of 34), [1838]; GAVARNI, Paul..... More
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London: Published by Dighton, Charing Cross, 1801. Robert Dighton (1752-1814) Actor, Artist and Printseller A Superb Collection of Forty Hand Colored Etched Plates Depicting some famous and some not so famous late eighteenth century characters DIGHTON, Robert. [A Collection of Forty Caricature Portraits of Public Characters]. London: Published by Dighton..... More
London: Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co., 1814. The Key Companion To Malory's Morte d'Arthur With Twenty-Five Hand-Colored Engravings In Fine Contemporary Straight-Grain Morocco [ARTHURIANA]. BOURCHIER, John Lord Berners (trans.). The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain. A Romance of Chivalry. Originally Translated From the French by..... More
London: Pubd. by Thos McLean, 1826. Excessively Rare Series of Caricatures of the London Theater LANE, T[heodore]. Theatrical Pleasures. London: Pubd. by Thos. McLean, [n.d., ca. 1826]. First edition, complete. Large quarto (12 5/8 x inches; 321 x mm.). Six numbered hand-colored engraved plates each tipped-onto hinged stiff card mounts..... More
London: S. and J. Fuller, 1822. William Pyne's The Social Club The Pyne Family Copy in the Original Parts Most Likely the Finest Copy Extant PYNE, William Henry. The Social Club: Consisting of a Series of Stories; and Accompanied by Humourous Prints of each Subject, Engraved and Coloured in Imitation..... More
London: Methuen and Co., 1898. “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" The Poems of William Shakespeare Handsomely Bound by Roger de Coverly & Sons SHAKESPEARE, William. (DE COVERLY, Roger & Sons, Binders). The Poems of Shakespeare. Edited with an introduction and notes by George Wyndham. London: Methuen and..... More
Paris: Chez Tessari et Cie., 1837. Extremely Scarce No Copies Recorded in Libraries & Institutions Worldwide GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Fashionables. Paris: Chez Tessari et Cie., [n.d., 1837]. Large quarto (13 x 9 3/4 inches; 330 x 248 mm.). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic, depicting..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Sixty-Six Magnificent Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates by Gavarni Depicting “The Stevedores” GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Débardeurs. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [n.d., 1840-1842]. Folio (13 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 353 x 264 mm.). Sixty-six superb numbered hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened..... More
Paris: Maison Martinet, 1850. Cham's Comical View of 'Fun During the Holidays' CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Les Vacances. Album des Petits Amateurs. Paris: Maison Martinet, [ca. 1850]. Pictorial lithograph title-page and sixteen hand colored lithographed plates, some heightened with gum arabic. Plates lithographed by Decan. Five of the..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Amusing Memories from a French Military Post… With Thirty Finely Hand-Colored Comical Scenes… [CHAM, illustrator, pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé]. Souvenirs de Garnison et des plaisirs attachés a la chose. Paris: Chez Aubert, n.d. [ca. 1850]. First edition. Large oblong quarto (10 1/8..... More
Paris: J. Monrocq, 1850. The Original Folio Edition of 'Fair Ideas' ADAM, Victor, illustrator. La Foire aux Idées. Paris: J. Monrocq, [1851-54]. First edition complete. Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches; 302 x 235 mm.). [Title on front cover]. One hundred numbered leaves, a varying number of illustrations..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1822. "One Season Makes a Proficient; Practice Makes Perfect" But - Peter Pop and Sam Slop are A Danger to the Peace ALKEN, Henry. A Cockney's Shooting Season, in Suffolk, By Henry Alken. Containing The Remarkable Adventures that actually occurred to a young Cit on a visit..... More
Paris: Gide fils, 1823-24. Scarce Awkward Clashes! Trés Amusant! Trés Rare Inopportune Social and Personal Events Eugène Lami's Interpretation of Thomas Rowlandson's Miseries of Human Life LAMI, Eugène. Les Contretems en Caricatures. Paris: Gide fils, [Dec.]1823 - [Jan.]1824. First editions of both series complete. Oblong octavo (8 1/4 x 10..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse, [1871]. Irony and Biting Satire on the 4th French Revolution CHAM (pseud. of Amédée de Noé). Les Folies de la Commune. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse, n.d. [1871]. First edition, complete. Quarto (13 x 9 3/4 inches; 330 x 247 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed..... More
Paris: Delpech Editeur, 1829. Six Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Military Scenes [LAMI, Eugène, illustrator]. Souvenirs du camp de Luneville. Paris: Delpech Editeur, 1829. Oblong folio (8 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches; 220 x 298 mm.). Lithographed vignette title-page and six hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates lithographed by Delpech. All plates mounted..... More
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