Berlin: George Gropius, 1840. The Most Comprehensive Contemporary History of the Prussian Guard Corps Complete with All 106 Contemporary Hand-Colored Uniform Plates Apparently the Only Complete Copy Recorded in Commerce [GROPIUS, George, publisher]. Die Uniformen der Preussischen Garden, von ihrem Entstehen bis auf die neueste Zeit, nebst einer kurzen geschichtlichen..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1850. Amusing Memories from a French Military Post… With Thirty Finely Hand-Colored Comical Lithographs Heightened with Gum Arabic [CHAM, illustrator, pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé]. Souvenirs de Garnison et des plaisirs attachés à la chose. Paris: Chez Aubert, n.d. [ca. 1850]. First edition. Large oblong quarto..... More
Paris: Au depot General de la Guerre, 1823. The Rare First Issue of One of the Earliest and Most Beautiful French Lithographed Military Costume Books Officially Presented to Louis XVIII by Marshal Victor, Duc de Bellune, Minister of War AUBRY, Charles. Collection des Uniformes de l'Armée Française Présentée au Roi..... More
Vienna: W.W. Waniek, 1820. The Most Complete Early Lithographic Survey of the Imperial Austrian Army We Have Encountered Thirty-Six Magnificent Contemporary Hand-Colored Lithographs of Every Branch of the Habsburg Army, Complete with the Rare Color Chart, Dedication, and Six Regimental Tables STEPHANIE, J., lithographer. Abbildung der K.K. Oesterreichischen Armee durch..... More
Paris: Charles Piquet, 1817. The Unfinished Masterpiece of the French Restoration Army One of the Earliest Military Lithographs Printed by Godefroy Engelmann The Complete Published Series MALLET, Le Chef d'Escadron. ENGELMANN, Godefroy, lithographer. Collection des Uniformes de l'Armée Française comprenant chaque régiment de toute arme, avec des détails de l'habillement..... More
Paris: Ambrose Tardieu, Mme. V. Courcier, 1817. From the Library of Marshal Ney's Son Tardieu's Beautiful Gallery of the Uniforms of the French National Guard TARDIEU, Ambroise. Galerie des Uniformes des Gardes Nationales de France… Dédiée à Son Altesse Royale. Paris: Ambroise Tardieu; Mme. V. Courcier, imprimeur, et al., 1817..... More
London: Edward Orme, 1815. Edward Orme's Extraordinary Bronze Medallion Libraries of British Military and Naval Glory Two Complete Series of Twenty-Five Contemporary Hand-Colored Aquatints Preserved in Their Original Commemorative Bronze Medallions ORME, Edward. The Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France, From the Year 1808 to 1814..... More
London: Ackermann's Gallery, 1798. Thomas Rowlandson's Exceptionally Rare Suite of British Soldiers at Work and Play Complete with All Five Magnificent Contemporary Hand-Colored Aquatints Apparently Unrecorded by Grego - No Complete Copy Traced at Auction ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Engraved by Heinrich Joseph Schütz. [Soldiers.] London: Ackermann's Gallery, 1798. First edition. Oblong..... More
Paris: Chez Gilhaut Frères, 1828. One of Demange's Earliest Caricature Suites A Rare Hand-Colored Album Published by Gihaut Frères DEMANGE, Pierre-Aimé. Les Mésaventures. Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1828. First edition. Oblong quarto (10 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 264 x 346 mm.). Six finely hand-colored lithographic plates, each one with six..... More
Paris: n.p., 1837. The Most Intimate of All Gavarni's Color-Plate Suites GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Scènes de la Vie Intime. [Paris: 1837]. Folio (16 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 415 x 260 mm). Twelve superb hand colored lithographs all heightened with gum arabic. The actual plate size..... More
Paris: Sazerac et Duval, 1826. A Day in the Life of a Parisian Actress An Exceptionally Rare Complete Copy with the Four Pages of Text and the Original Wrappers Bound in WATTIER, Édouard. La Journée d'une Actrice, ou Douze Scènes de Jour et de Nuit, Lithographiées par Ed. Wattier. Paris..... More
London: Published for the Artist, by Charles Tilt, 1833. George Cruikshank's Masterpiece in Color The Exceptionally Rare Hand-Colored Parts Issue in the Original Nine Wrappers CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. My Sketch Book. London: Published for the Artist by Charles Tilt, 1833–1834. First edition in the original nine parts. Oblong quarto (7..... More
London: Printed by C. Baldwyn, 1823. Brainsmiles By Cruikshank Twenty Hand-Colored Plates [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. Points of Humour; [Part I] & Part II Illustrated by the Designs of George Cruikshank. London: Printed by C. Baldwyn, 1823 [& 1824]. First edition. Two parts bound in one. Octavo (9 3/4 x 6..... More
Paris: chez Bulla et chez Aumont, 1830. Victor Adam's Spectacular Masterpiece of the Bullring Twelve Magnificent Hand-Colored Lithographs, Heightened with Gum Arabic With an Autograph Letter Signed by the Artist ADAM, Victor [Jean Victor Adam]. Combat du Taureau / Corrida de Toros [Bull Fight]. Douze sujets dessinés d'après nature..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1828. One of Only "A Few" Large Paper Copies Earliest Issue with the "Twickenham Blotches" WESTALL (William) and Samuel OWEN. Picturesque Tour of the Thames. Illustrated by Twenty-Four Coloured Views, a Map, and Vignettes, from Original Drawings Taken on the Spot by William Westall and Samuel Owen..... More
London: E. and C. M’Lean, 1824. Poet, Miser, Virtuoso, Hypochondriac An Exceptionally Rare Suite of Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Caricatures by John Augustus Atkinson ATKINSON, A. [John Augustus]. A Set of Four. Poet, Miser, Virtuoso, Hypochondriac. By Atkinson. London: Published by E. and C. M’Lean, 1824. Large folio (14 7/8 x...... More
![Item #06711 Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense [What one says and what one thinks]....](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06711_283.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1782943802)
Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1829. 'What One Says And What One thinks' Thirty-Six Fine Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates by Jean-Gabriel Scheffer [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense [What one says and what one thinks]. Paris: Gihaut Frères, [1829-30]. Oblong folio (9 9/16 x 12 13/16 inches; 243 x 325..... More
London: , 1822. Extremely Rare Series of Eighteen Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates Depicting the West Country and Cornwall [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. Rowlandson’s Sketches from Nature. [London: 1822]. Oblong quarto (8 7/16 x 10 11/16 inches; 214 x 272 mm.). Eighteen finely hand-colored aquatint plates, all drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson..... More
Paris: Ch. Motte, 1831. A Deluxe India-Paper Copy with Hand-Colored Plates Heightened in Gum Arabic Preserving All Three Original Pictorial Wrappers DEROY, Isidore-Laurent. Les Rives de la Seine. Trente-six dessins lithographiés par M. Deroy. Publiés en trois livraisons par Ch. Motte, éditeur. Paris: Ch. Motte, 1831. First edition. Oblong folio..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1814. One of the Finest Copies We Have Seen in More Than Sixty Years Uncut Throughout in a Magnificent Contemporary Binding on Elephant Wove Paper With the first-issue list of plates before the addition of the thirty-three later-issued Founders portraits ACKERMANN, Rudolph. A History of the University..... More
London: Published for the Artist, by Charles Tilt, 1833. George Cruikshank's Masterpiece in Color The Exceptionally Rare Hand-Colored Parts Issue in the Original Nine Wrappers CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. My Sketch Book. London: Published for the Artist by Charles Tilt, 1833–1834. First edition in the original nine parts. Oblong quarto (7..... More
Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. A Delightful and Extremely Scarce Equestrian Caricature Album Sixteen Fine Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates by Albert Adam, Son of the Celebrated Victor Adam ADAM, Albert, illustrator. Scènes Comiques d'après Nature. [Plates lithographed by Godard]. Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, [1860]. Oblong octavo (6 5/16 × 10 inches;..... More
![Item #06687 Le Carnaval à Paris [and] Les Bals Masqués. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06687_220.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779477303)
Paris: Chez Bauger, 1834. Midnight in Paris - Gavarni and the Secret Theater of Carnival A Superb Hand-Colored Copy of Le Carnaval à Paris in the Original Publisher’s Binding Together with the Very Rare and Complete Suite of Les Bals Masqués GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Le Carnaval..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1835. A Parisian Theater of Illusion - Six Transforming Lithographs from the Aubert Circle A Rare Complete Suite of Hand-Colored “Images à Système,” Satirizing Marriage, Money, and the Myth of Paris [FOREST, Eugène-Hippolyte]. Musée Populaire. Paris: Chez Aubert, rue du Croissant; lithographed by V.-H. Delaporte, after designs..... More
