French Caricature
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: 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: 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
![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
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
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
