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Le Progres de Seduction. Émile-Charles WATTIER, Jean-Francois VILLAIN, ENGELMANN.
WATTIER, Émile-Charles; VILLAIN, Jean-Francois; ENGELMANN...

Le Progres de Seduction

Paris: [Engelmann], 1833. With Fifteen Charming Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates [WATTIER, Émile-Charles]. Le Progres de Seduction. En Quinze Planches. Á Paris: [Engelmann], 1833. Large quarto (13 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches; 350 x 257 mm.). Wrapper title. Fifteen hand-colored lithographed plates by Villain (the first nine) and G. Engelmann (the last.....

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Quartette. Rudyard KIPLING.
KIPLING, Rudyard

Quartette

Lahore: The "Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1885. One of Rudyard Kipling's Earliest Publications Containing the First Appearance of "The Phantom Rickshaw" KIPLING, Rudyard. 1885 Quartette. The Christmas Annual of the Civil & Military Gazette by Four Anglo-Indian Writers. Lahore: The "Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1885. First Edition. Tall.....

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Les Chattes Parisiennes. Ed DAMOURETTE.
DAMOURETTE, Ed

Les Chattes Parisiennes

Paris: Aubert & Cie.,, 1850. Rare Album with Twenty Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Satirical Depictions of Parisian Women DAMOURETTE, Ed. Les Chattes Parisiennes. Dessinées par Ed. Damourette. Paris: Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1850]. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches: 333 x 251 mm.). Lithograph title-page and twenty hand colored lithograph.....

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Les Étudiants de Paris [&] Le Carnaval à Paris [&] Les Débardeurs. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Les Étudiants de Paris [&]...

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840. Sixty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs from three of Gavarni's Most Celebrated Series GAVARNI, Paul (pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier). Les Étudiants de Paris [&] Le Carnaval à Paris [&] Les Débardeurs. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840–1842. Folio (13 × 9 in.; 330 × 250 mm). An exceptional.....

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Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words. Joseph LISLE.
LISLE, Joseph

Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words

London : Thomas M'Lean, [1828]. "Suit the Word to the Action, - the Action to the Word" (William Shakespeare) A Delightful Gallimaufry of Visual Wordplay, Corniness, and Puns in Caricature Forty Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LISLE, Joseph. Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1828. First edition. Small oblong.....

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Cent cinq costumes des départemens de la Seine Inférieure, du Calvados, de la. Louis Marie LANTÉ, Georges GATINE.
LANTÉ, Louis Marie; GATINE, Georges...

Cent cinq costumes des départemens...

Paris: Durand ainé, 1830. With 105 Beautifully Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting French Costume [LANTÉ, Louis Marie, Pécheux, and GATINE, George Jacques, illustrators]. Cent cinq costumes des départemens de la Seine Inférieure, du Calvados, de la Manche et de l’Orne. Paris: Durand ainé, Rue de la Paix 4, A Caen, chez.....

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Roadsters' Album, The. B. NEWHOUSE, Henry ALKEN, harles.
NEWHOUSE, C[harles].B.; ALKEN, Henry

Roadsters' Album, The

London: Messrs. Fores, 1845. A Unique Copy With Henry Alken's Original Pencil and Watercolor Drawing And Etched Proof (Hand Colored by Henry Alken) For the Pictorial Title-Page NEWHOUSE, C[harles].B. [&] [ALKEN, Henry]. The Roadsters' Album. London: Messrs. Fores, Jan. 2nd, 1845. Second edition. Hand-colored aquatint pictorial title-page [by Henry Alken].....

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Political Sketches &c... by H.B. John DOYLE.
DOYLE, John

Political Sketches &c... by H.B.

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1829. Revolutionary Caricatures Exceptionally Scarce With All Nine Volumes Plus Illustrative Key "H.B." [DOYLE, John]. Political Sketches &c. Thomas M'lean: London, 1829-51 [with] An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B., From No. 1 to No. 600. London: Thomas M'lean: London, 1841. [and] An Illustrative Key.....

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Les Contretems en Caricatures. Eugéne LAMI.
LAMI, Eugéne

Les Contretems en Caricatures

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.....

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Souvenirs de Londres. Eugène LAMI.
LAMI, Eugène

Souvenirs de Londres

Paris: Lami Denozan, 1826. Eugene Lami's Exceptionally Rare First Account of his Visit to England in 1826 Including Two Wonderful Scenes of a 'Cock Fight' and a 'Boxing Match' LAMI, Eugène, illustrator. Souvenirs de Londres. Paris: Lami Denozan, 1826. First edition. Large oblong quarto (10 5/16 x 13 3/8 inches;.....

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Hunter's Annual. Richard Barrett DAVIS.
DAVIS, Richard Barrett

Hunter's Annual

London: Published by R.B. Davis, 1836. First Edition of Hunter's Annual [No. 1] in the Publisher's Printed Wrappers Four Superb Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting Four of the Most Celebrated Hunts [DAVIS, Richard Barrett]. Hunter's Annual [No. 1]. Dedicated by Permission of His Most Gracious Majesty King William the 4th. by.....

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Cris de Paris dessinés d’après nature. Carle VERNET.
VERNET, Carle

Cris de Paris dessinés d’après...

Paris: Chez Delpech, 1820. Charles Vernet's 'Cries of Paris' Illustrated with One Hundred Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates VERNET, C[arle]. Cris de Paris dessinés d’après nature par C. Vernet. Paris: Chez Delpech, [n.d., ca. 1820]. First Edition. Large folio (13 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches; 340 x 247 mm.). Lithograph.....

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Carmina. FORE-EDGE PAINTING, Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
FORE-EDGE PAINTING; Horatius Flaccus, Quintus;...

Carmina

Paris: E Prelis Fratrum Mame, 1808. With a Fine Fore-Edge Painting of Verona, Italy by the "Double-Line Painter" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. DOUBLE-LINE PAINTER. HORACE (Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Carmina. Editio Stereotypa Herhan. Paris: E Prelis Fratrum Mame, 1808. With a fine early twentieth century fore-edge painting by the "Double-Line Painter" showing a......

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Twelfth Night Characters. Thomas ROWLANDSON.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas

Twelfth Night Characters

London: Thomas Tegg, 1811. One of the Rarest of all the Thomas Rowlandson Items "These Delicate Engravings show Various Fictional Characters taken from Various Ranks of Society" ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. [Twelfth Night Characters, in Twenty-Four Figures]. London: [Thomas Tegg, Cheapside, 1811]. Twelvemo (5 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches; 131 x......

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Poems of W.B. Yeats, The. YEATS, illiam, utler.
YEATS, W[illiam] B[utler]

Poems of W.B. Yeats, The

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.,, 1949. The Definitive Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats, One of 350 Sets Signed by the Author YEATS, W[illiam] B[utler]. The Poems of W.B. Yeats. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1949. Limited to 375 numbered copies (of which 350 are for sale), signed by.....

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Naval Chronology of Great Britain, The. James RALFE.
RALFE, James

Naval Chronology of Great Britain...

London: Whitmore and Fenn, 1818. Scarcer Than a Battleship in a Bathtub In the Original Twelve Parts as Issued The Genuine Hand-Colored Issue RALFE, Mr. J[ames]. Naval Chronology of Great Britain. Or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events, From the Commencement of the War in 1803, to the.....

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Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures. Victor ADAM.
ADAM, Victor

Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de...

Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. A Rare Book on Coaching Twelve Superb Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. [Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures par V. Adam 1830]. Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. First Charles Motte edition (preceded only by the 1828 Gihaut Frères hand colored issue with 36 plates). Oblong folio.....

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The Christening Procession of Prince Taffy. Richard DOYLE.
DOYLE, Richard

The Christening Procession of Prince...

London: [Printed by W. Kohler for Messrs. Fores, 1842. The Christening Procession for the Prince of Wales [DOYLE, Richard]. The Christening Procession of Prince Taffy [later King Edward VII]. [Printed by W. Kohler for Messrs. Fores, Published 1, March, 1842]. Oblong twelvemo (4 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 126 x......

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Memoirs of Count Grammont. Anthony HAMILTON, Count GRAMMONT.
HAMILTON, Anthony; GRAMMONT, Count

[Memoirs of Count Grammont.]

London: John White, 1808. A Rare Series of Plates depicting the Characters of Seventeenth Century England and France [HAMILTON, Anthony]. [Memoirs of Count Grammont.] A series of thirty-nine stipple plates printed in colors. [London: John White, 1808]. Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 299 x 216 mm.). A rare.....

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L'Art de Réussir dans le Monde. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

L'Art de Réussir dans le...

Paris: Martinet, 1850. The Art of Success in the World! An Ironic, Satiric Burlesque by Cham CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). L'Art de Réussir dans le Monde. Procédé Simple et Facile pour se Faire Jeter a la Porte en Fort peu de Temps. Paris: Martinet, [n.d., c. 1850]. First.....

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Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse, The. Thomas HARDY.
HARDY, Thomas

Writings of Thomas Hardy in...

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. The Autograph Edition One of 153 Sets Signed by Thomas Hardy HARDY, Thomas. The Writings of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse. With prefaces and notes. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1915]. Autograph Edition. Limited to 153 sets, signed by Thomas Hardy in volume.....

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Manteau d’Arlequin, Le. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Manteau d’Arlequin, Le

Paris: Imp. Lemercier, 57 R. de Seine, 1852. The Harlequin Coat Twelve Lithographed Plates by Gavarni GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Le Manteau d’Arlequin par Gavarni. Paris: Imp. Lemercier, n.d., 1852]. Large folio (14 9/16 x 10 1/2 inches; 370 x 267 mm.). Twelve lithographed plates. Title from.....

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Heath's Oddities. Henry HEATH.
HEATH, Henry

Heath's Oddities

London: W.Spooner, 1830. A Most Delightful Group of Characters by Henry Heath HEATH, Henry, illustrator. Heath's Oddities. London: W. Spooner, [c.1830]. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 298 x 235 mm.). Hand colored lithograph title and twenty-two numbered hand colored lithograph plates, all with head-title "Heath's Oddities." Six.....

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Mr. Briggs & His Doings. John LEECH.
LEECH, John

Mr. Briggs & His Doings

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. Scarce Leech His Most Popular Character LEECH, John. Mr. Briggs & His Doings. Fishing. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition. Oblong folio (12 1/2 x 18 in; 318 x 457 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic, mounted on artist board. Descriptive.....

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Stockholmska Scener Tecknade och lithografierade. [Caricature Scenes of Stockholm in Lithograph. Carl Gustav Hjalmar MÖRNER.
MÖRNER, Carl Gustav Hjalmar

Stockholmska Scener Tecknade och lithografierade...

Stockholm: Gjöthström and Magnusson, [1830]. A Remarkable Suite of Sixteen Lithograph Plates - Including Four with Hand-coloring A Wonderful Caricaturists View of Stockholm MÖRNER, Carl Gustav Hjalmar. Stockholmska Scener Tecknade och lithografierade. [Caricature Scenes of Stockholm in Lithograph] Stockholm: Gjöthström & Magnusson, [1830]. First Edition in Book Form. Oblong folio.....

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