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
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
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: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, 1846. Quillenbois’ Rare Album of Sixty-Nine Facetious Prophecies of Parisian Life Twenty Fine Hand Colored Lithographs all Heightened with Gum Arabic [QUILLENBOIS, pseudonym of Charles-Marie de Sarcus, illustrator]. Prophéties Charivariques. Par Quillenbois. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., but ca. 1846]. Large folio (13..... More
Paris: Bernard et Delarue, 1828. One of the Rarest of all the Hand-Colored Suites Illustrated by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri. Lithographies d'après les Chansons de Béranger par Henry Monnier. [Paris]: Bernard et Delarue, [1828]. First edition. Oblong quarto (9 3/8 x 12 inches; 239 x 305 mm.). Twenty-four superb hand-colored..... 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
Paris: chez Bulla et chez Aumont, 1830. Victor Adam's Masterpiece of the Bullring A Superb Hand-Colored Copy with an Autograph Presentation Inscription by the Artist ADAM, Victor [Jean Victor Adam]. Combat du Taureau / Corrida de Toros [Bull Fight]. Douze sujets dessinés d'après nature par Victor Adam. Paris: chez Bulla..... More
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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
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
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 7/8..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, 1846. Quillenbois’ Rare Album of Sixty-Nine Facetious Prophecies of Parisian Life [QUILLENBOIS, pseudonym of Charles-Marie de Sarcus, illustrator]. Prophéties Charivariques. Par Quillenbois. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., but ca. 1846]. Large folio (13 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches; 333 x 248 mm.). Lithographed..... More
Paris: Aubert & Cie.,, 1850. “Parisian Cats” A Rare Aubert Caricature Album by Damourette DAMOURETTE, Ed. Les Chattes Parisiennes. Dessinées par Ed. Damourette. Paris: Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1850]. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches; 336 x 248 mm.). Lithographed title-page and twenty lithographed plates. Modern quarter blue cloth..... More
Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Sixteen Fine Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Many with Several Scenes ADAM, Albert, illustrator. Scènes Comiques d'après Nature. [Plates lithographed by Godard]. Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Oblong octavo (6 5/16 x 10 inches; 161 x 253 mm.). Hand colored lithographed title-page and sixteen highly amusing hand-colored lithograph plates..... 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
Paris: Aubert & Cie., 1837. One of the Finest Surviving Collections of Frédéric Bouchot's Hand-Colored Lithographs A Brilliant Panorama of Bourgeois Life, Urban Comedy, and Social Satire in July Monarchy Paris BOUCHOT, Frédéric. Débiteurs et Créanciers; Contributions indirectes; Après le carnaval; Les Malheurs d'un amant heureux; together with Les embellissements..... More
Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. An Extraordinary Survival of Restoration-Era Paris Thirty-Six Brilliant Hand-Colored Lithographs of Parisian Society by Jean-Gabriel Scheffer [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -, PIGAL, &c., &c. Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Paris: Chez Martinet, 1824. First and only edition, complete. Folio (13 1/2 x...... More
Londres: Macmillan and Co., 1869. “Alice” en Français - One of the Great Early Translations of a Literary Classic The 1869 First French Edition, Exceptionally Preserved in Original Cloth CARROLL, Lewis [Lewis Carroll]. Aventures d’Alice au Pays des Merveilles. Traduit de l’Anglais par Henri Bué. Illustré de 42 vignettes par..... More
Paris: Viginet, 1860. A Jewel of French Decorative Lithography Édouard Lièvre’s Vision of the Twelve Months LIÈVRE, Édouard Lièvre. Les Douze Mois. Paris: Vignet, [n.d., ca. 1860s]. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 15/16 x 12 1/8 inches; 227 x 308 mm.). Title-page printed in gold, black, and green. With twelve..... More
Paris: Éditions du Bélier, 1943. A pleasing union of classic French theatrical wit and mid-century illustration LABICHE, Eugene. MICHEL, Marc. Un Chapeau de Paille d’Italie. Illustrations de R. Peynet. Paris: Éditions du Bélier, 1943. Limited to 4500 copies of which this is no. 1,770. Octavo ( 9 1/2 x 6..... More
Pont-a-Mousson: Haguenthal, 1860. “Barracks, Blunders, and Bonhomie - Randon’s Comic Life of the French Trooper” RANDON, Gilbert. La Vie de Troupier Charges et Fantasais, À Pied, À Cheval &.a Par Randon. Paris: Maison Martinet, [ca. 1860]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 inches; 343 x 254 mm.). Hand colored etched title-page..... More
Paris: Aubert et Cie., 1839. The Fine Shades of Feeling: Gavarni and the Comedy of Modern Emotion GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume-Sulpice Chevallier]. Nuances du Sentiment. Paris: Aubert et Cie., [1839–1840]. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 10 inches; 336 x 254 mm.). Twenty-five lithograph plates. Plate no. 20 with..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. “Anything You Like”: Daumier and the Freedom of Observation Daumier’s Notebook of Parisian Life DAUMIER, Honoré. Tout ce qu’on voudra. Paris: published in Le Charivari, 1847–1852. Folio (14 3/8 × 10 1/8 inches; 365 × 257 mm - actual plate size). Album containing 73..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1840. “He draws richly and wittily, and his caricatures, like all he does, have the causticity and unexpectedness of the observer poet.” - Charles Baudelaire JACQUE, Charles-Émile, illustrator. Militairiana [Charges burlesques]. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [1840]. Folio (13 3/16 x 9 15/16 inches; 335..... More
