Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Les Modes Parisiennes, 1856. Twelve Fine Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Showing the Fashionable Women of Paris in the 1850's GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Douze Nouveaux Travestissements. Gravés sur acier par Portier. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Les Modes Parisiennes, 1856. Folio (13 1/2 x...... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., 1934. "The more serious the business undertaking, the funnier his drawings became" ROBINSON, W. Heath. Absurdities. A Book of Collected Drawings. London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., [1934]. First Edition. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 311 x 251 mm.). [i]-vi, 7-95, [96] pp. Ninety..... More
London: Printed for W. Miller, 1803. First Issue of William Alexander's Costume of the Russian Empire In a Spectacular Neoclassical Binding in the Style of Staggemeier & Welcher [ALEXANDER, William]. The Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated by a series of seventy-three engravings. With descriptions in English and French. London..... More
London: Hodder and Stroughton, 1914. Perhaps the Most Beautiful Children's Book Ever Published One of Five Hundred Copies Signed by Kay Nielsen NIELSEN, Kay, Illustrator. [ASBJÖRNSEN, Peter Christen, and Jörgen Ingebreksten Moe]. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. London: Hodder and Stoughton..... More
Leipzig: Johann Baptist Klein, 1790. Exceptionally Rare Complete with Forty-Eight Hand Colored Engravings Depicting the Street Vendors of Leipzig in the Late Eighteenth Century RICHTER, Johann Salomo. Leipziger National Trachten. Leipzig: [Johann Baptist Klein, 1790-1791]. First edition Complete. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 124 mm.). Forty-eight..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. Daumier's Most Celebrated Work Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana] Complete with 100 Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates, All Heightened with Gum Arabic A Remarkable Example in the Original Publisher's Blue Cloth DAUMIER, Honoré and Charles Philipon. Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana]. Paris: 1838. First edition. Folio (13 3/16 x 10..... More
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..... More
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. "So Exquisite as to Make One Hold One’s Breath" [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. [ARABIAN NIGHTS]. Princess Badoura. A Tale from the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. Edition De Luxe. Limited to seven hundred and fifty..... More
Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. A Fine Eighteenth Century Italian Book of Hours in its Original Red Morocco Binding With Hand-Painted Gauffered Edges [VENETIAN BINDING]. [BOOK OF HOURS]. Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi. Venetiis [Venice]: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches;..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Maison Martinet, 1854. 'Let's make Caricatures of the Russians' An Album of Forty Lithographs by Daumier & Cham DAUMIER, Honoré & CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Chargeons les Russes. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Maison Martinet, [1854]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10..... More
Paris: Chez L'Editeur [Pierre de Crapelet], 1827. Seven Fine Hand Colored Lithographs from Le Bon Genre BON GENRE, LE. [Observations sur les Modes et les Usages de Paris], Seven fine hand colored lithograph plates. [Paris: Chez L'Editeur [Pierre de Crapelet, 1830]. Seven plates from a later edition of ca. 1830..... More
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Neuchatel: Chez Baumann Peters, 1835. Six Fine Aquatints of Neuchatel, Switzerland SPERLI, Johann Jakob [&] BURCKHARDT, Caspar [&] BAUMANN, Jean-Henri. (Artists). Six fine hand colored aquatint plates of Neuchatel, Switzerland. Neuchatel: Chez Baumann Peters, [ca. 1835]. Six fine hand colored aquatint views of Neuchatel, Switzwerland, window mounted in two cards..... More
n.p.: , 1865. Piggy-Bank Robbers… GRISET, Ernest. Original pen, ink and wash drawing of Two Mice beside a Piggy-bank… n.p., n.d, ca. 1865. Signed with initials. (3 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches; 85 x 115 mm.). Image size: 1 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches; 48 x 68 mm. A charming..... More
Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1829. Sketches for the Amusement of Children An Early Work by Raffet RAFFET, [Denis August Marie]. Croquis pour l'amusement des enfans… Paris & London: Chez Gihaut Frères & McLean, 1829. First edition [first series only]. Oblong quarto (12 3/8 x 9 inches; 314 x 229 mm.). Pictorial..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari, 1857. Thirty Amusing Wood-Cut Illustrations by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Croquis Variés… Paris: Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari, [1857]. First edition. Small quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches; 241 x 181 mm.). 16 leaves (including vignette title-page) all printed on one..... More
London: Rogerson and Tuxford, 1861. [COSTUME]. LADIES' COMPANION. The Ladies' Companion, and Monthly Magazine. Volume XIX - Second Series - 1861. London: 1861. First edition. Octavo (9 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 238 x 162 mm.). [i]-iv, [1]-336 pp. Six folding hand colored plates by Héloise Leloir and five steel..... More
London: Rogerson and Tuxford, 1859. [COSTUME]. LADIES' COMPANION. The Ladies' Companion, and Monthly Magazine. Volume XV - Second Series - 1859. London: 1859. First edition. Octavo (9 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches; 238 x 162 mm.). [i]-iv, [1]-336 pp. Five folding hand colored plates by Héloise Leloir and seven steel..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. A Collection of the World's Best Fairy Tales Illustrated by Violet Brunton BRUNTON, Violet, illustrator. Silver Magic. A Collection of the World's Best Fairy Fairy Tales from all Countries. Edited and Arranged by Romer Wilson. With Illustrations in Colour & Line by Violet Brunton. London: Jonathan..... More
London: , 1919. "Ride You Naked Through the Town, And I Repeal it" “Then She Rode Back Clothed on with Chastity” [SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher]. [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord. The Lady Godiva and Other Poems. [Sonnet - O Beauty, passing beauty! sweetest Sweet!] & [The Sea-Fairies]. [London: 1919]. A Very..... More
Paris: Paris: H. Gache [&] London: E. Gambart, 1850. The Traditional Dances of France, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic Six Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Pierre-Numa Bassaget NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET). La Guirlande choix de Danses a caractère de tous les pays. Lithographiées par Régnier & Bettannier..... More
Amsterdam & Paris: Frans Buffa & Chez Engelmann et Cie., 1828. The Costumes of the Netherlands in Twenty Vividly Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates [GREEVEN, H., illustrator]. Collection des Costumes des Provinces Septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas, Dessinés d’après Nature par H. Greeven et lithographiés par Vallon de Villeneuve. Amsterdam: Chez François..... 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: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach Illustrated in Twelve Highly Amusing Lithographs LEPRINCE, Xavier. Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence. [The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach]. Douze Tableaux, Lithographiés par M. Xavier Leprince. Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826..... More
Paris: En vente Au Bureau du Journal Amusant…et au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Gavarni's Memories of his Time in the Debtors Prison 'Clichy' Depicted in Twenty-One Lithographed Plates GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Clichy. Album par Gavarni. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [n.d., 1840-1841]. Large quarto (13 3/4 x...... More
Paris: Chez Noël et Dauty, 1823. Proverbs and Good Words Put Into Action… Complete With Sixty-Six Fine Hand Colored Lithographs PIGAL, Edme-Jean (1798-1873). ARAGO, Jacques (1790-1855). PAJOU, Augustin (1800-1878). [Proverbes et Bons Mots Mis en Action, d'après les Moeurs Populaires; Composés et Lithographiés par MM. Pigal, Pajou et J.s Arago..... More
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