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
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..... More
Paris: Chez Ambroise Tardieu, Editeur, 1823. Twenty Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Caricatures of Various Diseases AUBRY, Charles and others. Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque, Recueil de vingt caricatures médicales dessinées par Aubry, Chazal, Colin, Bellangé, et Pigal. Paris: Huzard-Courcier (for) Chez Ambrose Tardieu, 1823. First edition of this exceptionally rare..... More
Paris: Librairie d'Éducation, A. Courcier, Éditeur, 1860. 'Brothers In Arms' The Italian War of Independence and The Crimean War The Battles of Magenta, Kinburn and Malakoff ADAM, Victor, illustrator [&] MOREL-FATIO, Antoine Léon, illustrator. Les Frères d'Armes. Par Th. Midy. Ullustré de six superbes gravures a deux teints par V...... 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
Nurnberg: G.N. Renner, 1838. One of the Most Beautiful 'ABC' Books of the Biedermeier Period Johann Voltz's Wonderful Picture Alphabet Depicting the Everyday Life of Country and Townsfolk VOLTZ, Johann Michael. [ABC]. Bilder-Alphabet zur Erweekung des Scharfsinns oder viele Original Darstellungen, nach jedem Buchstaben in 24 Gemälden. Eine neue Bilderlust..... More
Pennsylvania: Bryn Mawr Coolege Library, 1983. An 'Aligator' Binding on a Book about A World Famous Collection of Bookbindings MASER, Frederick E. Bookbinding in America 1680-1910. From the collection of Frederick E. Maser. With an essay by Willman Spawn. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Brtyn Mawr College Library, 1983. First edition. Large..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. An Onlaid Binding on a Book about Bookbinding JOHNSON, Arthur W. The Thames and Hudson Manual of Bookbinding with 270 illustrations, in colour and black and white. London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. Octavo ( 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 242 x 159 mm.). 224..... More
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. Maxfield Parrish Illustrates "The Knave of Hearts” PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator. SAUNDERS, Louise. The Knave of Hearts. With Pictures by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. First edition. Large quarto (13 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches; 350 x 292 mm.). [6], 46, [1]..... More
France: , 1900. "Les Trois Chats" A Remarkable Survival of a Passé-Boules Carnival Game PASSÉ-BOULES GAME. [Les Trois Chats]. [in the style of Louis Wain]. Hand-painted 'Polychrome' Papier Maché late nineteenth century ball throwing 'Carnival' game. French, ca. 1900. Three side by side polychrome cats in 'Papier Maché, the structure..... More
Paris: J. Monrocq, 1855. 'Fair Ideas' ADAM, Victor, illustrator. La Foire aux Idées. Paris: J. Monrocq, [ca. 1855]. Small oblong quarto (5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 145 x 216 mm.). [Title on front cover]. Twenty-two leaves, all lithograph illustrations. Plates lithographed by Becquet freres. Publisher's embossed red paper over..... More
n.p.: , 1865. A Lovely Original Pen, Ink & Wash Drawing by Ernest Griset "Griset possesses the faculty of investing his animals with human expression, without ever causing them to lose their own identity, and of making them funny without being ridiculous." GRISET, Ernest. Original pen, ink and wash drawing..... More
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