Paris: Chez Aubert, 1833. An Excessively Scarce Color-Plate Book Each Plate with a Peek-a-Boo “Oh, My!” Moveable Door or Window PHILIPON, Charles. Les Portes et Fenetres, Inv. par Ch. Philpon, Exécutées par plusieurs Artistes. Paris: Chez Aubert, n.d. [1833]. First edition of this excessively rare suite. Folio (14 1/4 x 10 5/8..... More
Paris: A. de Vresse [&] Maison Martinet, 1862. A Fine French Album of Sixty-Six Caricatures Including Twenty-Eight with Hand-Coloring PELCOQ, Jules, illustrator. Actualités. Paris: A. de Vresse [&] Maison Martinet, [1862-1863]. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches; 350 x 257 mm.). Twenty-eight fine and mainly amusing hand colored lithograph plates..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant, 1859. Gustave Dorés Amusing Attack on the 'Excesses' in French History DORÉ, Gustave. Les Folies Gauloises [Depuis les Romains Jusqu'a nos Jours. Album de Moeurs et de Costumes par Gustave Doré. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant, 1859]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 13/16 x...... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1845. "All is Fair in Love and War" Thirty-One Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Presenting a Satirical View of the French in Algeria CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. À la guerre comme à la guerre. Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., 1845]. First edition..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert et Cie, , 1839. An Exceptionally Rare Original Hand-Colored Copy [DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator]. PHILIPON, Charles. 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. Maurice Alhoy et..... More
Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, 1828. An Exceptionally Rare and Amusing Suite of Hand Colored Lithographs PHILIPON, Charles. WATTIER, Émile. Les Compensations Composées et Dessinées par Ch. Philipon, Lithographies par Wattier. Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, [1828]. First edition. Quarto (14 x 11 inches; 355 x 280..... More
Paris [&] New York: Arnauld de Vresse, Editeur, Roe Lockwood and Son , 1878. Silly Questions Depicted in Nineteen Humorous Lithographs BARIC, [Jules Jean Antoine]. Ou Diable L'Esprit Va-T-Il Se Nicher? Par Baric. [Where the Devil will the Spirit go?]. Paris [&] New-York: Arnauld de Vresse, Editeur, Roe Lockwood and..... More
Paris: Delpech, 1830. A Scarce Sampler of Social Pretensions The Jovial Spirit and Verve of Monnier On the Ridiculous, Freakish Vanities of Parisian Society MONNIER, Henri. Boutades [Jokes]. Paris: Delpech, n.p. [1830]. First edition complete as issued. Oblong quarto (11 1/8 x 14 3/8 in; 283 x 365 mm). Hand-colored pictorial engraved..... More
Paris: Aux Bureaux du Charivari, 1871. Thirty-Nine Wonderfully Satiric Images by Daumier & Cham of the Siege of Paris by the Prussian army in the Winter of 1870-1871 CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). DAUMIER, Honoré. Album du Siége Par Cham et Daumier. Recueil de Caricatures publiées pendant Le Siege dans Le..... More
Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Thirty Three (of Forty) Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites, avec des vignettes de Devéria et..... More
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Paris: Delpech, 1840. Rare Collaboration Between Frédéric Bouchot and Henri Monnier BOUCHOT, Frédéric. [&] MONNIER, Henri. [Caricatures Sans Titre - 1840]. [Paris, n.d., ca. 1840]. Oblong quarto (9 1/8 x 12 3/8 inches; 231 x 315 mm). Rare suite of eight hand-colored lithographed plates, mounted on stubs. Four by Frédéric Bouchot..... More
London: E. & C. M'Lean, 1823 & D. Alexander, 1823. Scarce First British Appearance of Boilly's Grimaces BOILLY, Louis-Léopold. [Boilly's Humorous Designs. London: E. & C. M'Lean, 1823 & D. Alexander, 1824. A fine collection from the first UK publication of Boilly's initial plates from his Recueil de Grimaces (1823). Folio (14..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, 1825. Two of Henry Monnier’s Exceptionally Rare Earliest Suites of Caricatures [MONNIER, Henry, illustrator]. [Modes et Ridicules]. Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, Editeurs, [1825]. Large quarto (13 5/16 x 10 inches; 339 x 255 mm.). Ten fine hand colored lithograph plates, complete. Plates lithographed by Villain. Henry Monnier’s exceptionally..... More
![Stockholmska Scener Tecknade och lithografierade. [Caricature Scenes of Stockholm in Lithograph]....](/pictures/thumb/04913_01.jpg?v=1594747687)
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 (10 1/8..... More
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Paris: Martinet, 1821. Galerie des Grotesques [GONDELIER, Jean-Baptiste]. [Galerie des Grotesques]. [Paris]: [Chez] Martinet, [1821]. Oblong folio (16 x 10 1/2 inches; 406 x 267 mm.). Seven leaves, titled and numbered in manuscript, each with three hand colored etched plates making a total of twenty-one images. Contemporary quarter green calf over floral..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. A Scarce Little Sucker One of the Rarest of All Leeches Victorian Unisex Costumes - Lady-Like Gentlemen [LEECH, John, illustrator]. [LEIGH, Percival]. [The Fiddle Faddle Fashion Book. And Beau Monde à La Française enriched with Numerous Highly Colored Figures of Lady-Like Gentlemen. Edited by The Author of The..... More
![L'Art d'engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté [&] Mr. Papillon [&] Pincez-moi à la Campagne!!...](/pictures/thumb/04875_1.jpg?v=1592597049)
Paris: Maison Martinet, 1856. Three of Cham's Rarest Works with Sixty Wonderful Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Three complete works bound together in one volume - L'Art d'engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté. [&] Mr. Papillon [&] Pincez-moi à la Campagne!! First editions. Folio (12 11/16 x 9..... More
Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Forty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites, avec des vignettes de Devéria et des dessins coloriées..... More
Paris & London: Paulin Libraire-Éditeur, Colnaghi, Son and Co, 1832. The Manners of French Society Executed with Gentle Satire MONNIER, Henry. CRUIKSHANK, George. Distractions, par Henry Monnier to is friend George Cruikshank. Paris & London: Paulin Libraire-Éditeur, Colnaghi, Son and Co., 1832. First edition. Oblong folio (11 x 16 inches; 280..... More
London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by J. Diggens, 1813. With Twenty-One Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. Poetical Sketches of Scarborough: Illustrated by Twenty-One Engravings of Humourous Subjects, Coloured from original Designs, Made Upon the Spot by J. Green, and Etched by T. Rowlandson. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by J...... More
London: S. & J. Fuller at their Sporting-Gallery, 1827-1843. Twelve Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates of The St. Leger Winners and The Derby Winners HERRING, John Frederick. Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster, [and] Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Derby Stakes at..... More
London: H. Humphrey, 1798. Gillray Punctures Parliament Complete and Exceedingly Scarce [GILLRAY, James]. Habits of New French Legislators and other Public Functionaries. London: H. Humphrey, 1798. First edition, complete; both series. Folio (platemarks c. 260 x 195 mm). Twelve hand-colored engravings, some stipple and aquatint, lettered with series title and plate number..... More
London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. A Tall Copy and Rare With the Lithographic Title-Page [CHALON, John James, illustrator]. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed and Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon. London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. First edition. A Large Paper..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1826-30. First (Best) Edition, Early Issue The Mishaps of a Maladroit Equestrian On The Hunt And Coaches Out of Control "Have You Any Idea Which Way The Hounds Went? ALKEN, Henry. Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports.; Caught in Leicestershire, &C. London: Thomas M'Lean, n.d. [1826-1830]. First edition..... More
Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1840. Parisian and Country Tribulations The Humorous Side of Distress, Trouble, Misery, Anguish, Agony, Grief and Wretchedness… ADAM, Albert, illustrator. Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes. Par Albert Adam. Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, [ca. 1840]. First edition. Folio (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 328 x 251 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page and Thirty-two..... More
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