French Caricature
![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. A Superb Composite Album of Hand-Colored Parisian Social Satire Frédéric Bouchot’s Comic Theater of Debt, Romance, Carnival, and Bourgeois Folly in July Monarchy Paris BOUCHOT, Frédéric. Débiteurs et Créanciers; Contributions indirectes; Après le carnaval; Les Malheurs d'un amant heureux; together with Les embellissements de Paris..... 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
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
Paris: Hautecoeur-Martinet, 1819-1831. A Superb and Exceptionally Rare Collection of Mr. Mayeux “To say that he is vulgar is totally inadequate” TRAVIÈS, Charles Joseph. Histoire Complette de Mr. Mayeux, Dessinée par divers Artistes et coloriée avec soin. Paris: Hautecoeur-Martinet, 1831. [Together with]: Album Mayeux. Portraits Imagerie Populaire [cover title]. [Paris..... More
Paris: N.p., 1895. A Unique Daumier Survival: Robert Macaire Boursier Issued as a Belle Époque Jig-Saw Puzzle Preserved in the Original Delvaux Paris Box DAUMIER, Honoré. Robert Macaire Boursier. Caricaturana no. 29. [Jig-Saw Puzzle]. N.p. [Paris], n.d. (circa 1895–1915). Folio (12 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches; 317 × 251 mm)..... More
Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet, 1864. Cham's Most Ambitious Sustained Effort… Actualités - 116 Hand Colored Lithographs CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Actualités. A fine collection of one hundred and sixteen hand colored lithograph plates, all heightened with gum arabic. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet [1864-1870]. A...... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1841. "Love is their business, and they drive hard bargains They are as luxurious and idle as they are beautiful Their lives are a tissue of deception and hypocrisy" GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Lorettes. Paris: Chez Aubert, June 1841-December 1843. Folio (13 1/2..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Pour Rire, [1854]. "From Lions to Sewer Rats: Doré’s Merciless Pencil Spares No Class of Parisian Society" DORÉ, Gustave. La Ménagerie Parisienne. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Pour Rire, n.d. [1854]. First [proof] printing of this remarkable and extremely rare album, comprising 24 original lithographs..... More
Paris: Caboche, Grégoire , 1837. One of Paul Gavarni's Rarest and Most Famous Series Thirty-Four Superb Lithographs… GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. La Boite aux Lettres. Paris: Caboche, Grégoire et Cie, Chez Arnauld de Vresse, libraire éditeur, [1837-1839]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; 343 x 267..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1844. One of Daumier’s most Iconic Albums from the early 1840s Published at the height of Parisian Tourism and Bourgeois Curiosity Twenty Magnificent Hand Colored Lithographs DAUMIER, Honoré de. Les Étrangers à Paris. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1844. First edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 333..... More
![Item #06246 Les Étudiants de Paris [&] Le Carnaval à Paris [&] Les Débardeurs. Paul GAVARNI,...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06246.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757973897)
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840. Sixty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs from three of Gavarni's Most Celebrated Series GAVARNI, Paul (pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier). Les Étudiants de Paris [&] Le Carnaval à Paris [&] Les Débardeurs. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840–1842. Folio (13 × 9 in.; 330 × 250 mm). An exceptional..... More
![Item #06233 Tout ce Qu'on Voudra [As you like it]. Honoré DAUMIER](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06233_114.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757972974)
Paris: Chez Aubert & cie., 1847. Honoré Daumier's 'As You Like It' DAUMIER, Honoré. Tout ce Qu'on Voudra (As you like it). Paris: Chez Aubert & cie., [1847]. Folio ( 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 251 mm.). Nineteen fine lithograph plates of which seventeen are hand colored..... More
![Item #06172 Paris le matin [And:] Paris le soir. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06172_265.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757972891)
Paris: Chez Bauger [and] Chez Aubert, 1839. “Paris in the Morning” and “Paris at Night” GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Paris le matin. [Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, n.d., 1839]. Twelve numbered lithographed plates, depicting Parisian life in the morning. Plates printed by Aubert & Cie. [and] Paris 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" A presentation copy inscribed by Béranger to Rangot, accompanied by a one-page autograph letter from Rangot and an original pencil sketch of Béranger by Monnier MONNIER, Henri..... More
![Item #05351 [Les Douze journées erotique de Mayeux]. Charles Joseph TRAVIES, MAYEUX](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05351_1122.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1768868963)
Paris: [Anonymous], 1830. Forbidden Laughter in the July Monarchy: Traviès’ Mayeux Unleashed in a Rare Erotic Caricature Album TRAVIÈS, Charles Joseph, illustrator. [MAYEUX]. [Les Douze journées erotique de Mayeux]. Paris: [Anonymous], ca 1830-35. First and only edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 123 mm.). Twelve..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut frères, 1828. Twenty Charming Hand-Colored Lithographs of French Upper Class Country Life The Copy of Ferdinand De Lesseps LAMI, Eugène. [Les Agréments de la Vie de château] [First and Second Series]. Paris: Paris H. Gache. [n.d., 1828-1833]. Two parts in one oblong folio volume (9 3/4 x...... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840. Twenty-Five Fine Lithographs by Traviès Illustrating the Manners of the Parisiennes TRAVIÈS, Charles Joseph. Scènes de Moeurs [Scenes of Manners]. Paris: Chez Aubert, [ca. 1840]. First edition. Folio (13 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches; 341 x 264 mm.). Twenty-five fine lithograph plates. Bound ca. 1840 in..... More
![Item #06217 Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois [&] Des Mères de Famille. Paul...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06217_071.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1747772924)
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846. Three Complete Series by Paul Gavarni GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Affiches Illustrèes [&] Gentilhommes Bourgeois [&] Des Mères de Famille. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846-1848. Three complete series bound in one folio volume (13 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 345 x 268 mm.). Fourteen..... More
![Item #06216 Baliverneries Parisiennes [Parisian Gossip]. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06216_044.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1747772902)
Paris : Au Bureau du Charivari, 1846. The Gossip of Paris as depicted by Gavarni GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Baliverneries Parisiennes [Parisian Gossip]. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1848. First edition, complete. Folio (13 x 10 inches; 330 x 254 mm.). Twenty-four fine lithograph plates. Publisher's yellow..... More
Paris: Dupin & Cie., 1839. 'The School of Travelers' Twelve Amusing Hand Colored Lithographs BOUCHOT, Frédéric. L'Ecole des Voyageurs. (The School of Travelers). Paris: Dupin & Cie., [ca. 1839]. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 inches; 350 x 254 mm.). Twelve superb hand colored lithograph plates all heightened with gum arabic..... More
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