Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, 1830. "The Lame Devils of Paris" Exceptionally Rare Suite of Six Hand Colored Lithographed Plates [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -. Le Diable Boiteux A Paris, Par Gabriel Scheffer. [Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, 1830. First edition. Part one only (of two). Oblong quarto (9 1/8 x...... More
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Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, 1829. 'What One Says And What One thinks' Sixty 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. First edition. Complete. Oblong folio..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, 1830. Parisian Customs and Social Interactions as Seen by Edmé-Jean Pigal Seventy Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates PIGAL, Edmé Jean. Moeurs Parisiennes par Pigal. Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, [1823]. First and only edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 333 x...... More
London : John C. Nimmo, 1892. The Cruikshankian Momus With Fifty-Two Hand Colored Plates [CRUIKSHANK, Isaac, Robert and George]. The Cruikshankian Momus. 'Let Momus rule the day'. Pictorial Broadsides and Humorous Song-Geadings. Fifty-two comic designs to popular ballads by the three Cruikshanks, the elder Isaac, Robert and the Great George..... More
London: James Cochrane, 1832. Two Hand Colored Plated by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator.SMOLLETT (Tobias George). The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves. By Tobias Smollett, M.D. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. London: James Cochrane, 1832. First edition with illustrations by George Cruikshank. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches;..... More
London: T. Davison, 1815. With a Wonderful Hand Colored Frontispeice by George Cruikshank Depicting the Pains of Listening to a Young Child's Singing CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. PITMAN, Ambrose. The Miseries of Musick-Masters: Including the Art of Fingering Key'd Instruments, and Introductory Rudiments of the Practice of Harmonicks. A Serio Comick..... More
London: William Hone, 1819. A Poetic Presentation of Letters between the Country Cousin, Jack Jingle, and the City Sharp, Bob Blazon The Sir David Salomons Copy with the Frontispiece in Three States [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. MOORE, Francis. The Age of Intellect: or Clerical Showfolk, and Wonderful Layfolk. A Series of..... More
London: John Fairburn, [1809]. Exceptionally Rare in the Original Pink Paper Wrappers Initialed by George Cruikshank on the Front Wrapper [CRUIKSHANK, George]. The Jubilee of 1809, containing a poetical epistle, from John Lump, to his brother in Yorkshire. Also an account of the grand entertainment at Cabbage Merchants' hall. With..... More
Paris: Bauger et Cie., 1838. Gavarni’s “Terrible Children” Fifty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs Including the Pictorial Title-Page GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Enfans terribles. Ire. Série 50 Sujets par Gavarni. Paris: Bauger et Cie., [n.d., 1838-1842]. First edition. Large quarto (13 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches; 332..... More
London: Dean and Munday, [n.d., ca. 1814]. "An Exceedingly Rare Chap-Book" (Bruton) With a Hand Colored Etched Frontispiece Signed by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. Past! Present !! and to come !!! The remarkable prophecies of Robert Nixon, the Celebrated Cheshire prophet. From Lady Cowper's correct copy, Written in the..... More
London: Ferriday and Catherwood, 1821. Albert M. Cohn's own Copy - One of Just Two Example Known "From Blousalinda's piercing eye, The peace-destroying wizard, A dart in dripping dipt let fly, Which hit him in the gizzard" (page 4). CRUIKSHANK, George and Robert, illustrators. The Spitalfields Weaver; or, Tom Shuttle..... More
London: Printed for Dean and Munday, 1821. Albert M. Cohn's Own Copy CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. Daddy Gander's entertaining fairy tales; containing Constantia, Diamonds and Toads, Florio and Florella and Miranda and the Royal Ram. Embellished with a colored frontispiece. London: printed for Dean and Munday, [1821]. Small octavo (5 1/2..... More
London: John Fairburn, 1822. A Remarkable Collection of English, Irish, Scottish, etc., Popular Songs With a Hand Colored Aquatint Frontispiece by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. BRYANT, [William]. The Harmonists' Preceptor; or, Treasury of Mirth: Being a new and extensive collection of modern and popular songs, in which will be..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1817. The Fall of Emperor Napoleon I and the Victory of the English Armies Illustrated with Twenty-Eight Superb Hand Colored Aquatint Plates MUDFORD, William. CRUIKSHANK, George. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, Under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshall Prince..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1853. Twenty Hand Colored Plates depicting the Costumes of Western Europe and North Africa COMPTE-CALIX, Francois Claudius. Le Keepsake de Costumes. Dessins de Compte Calix, gravés sur acier. Album offert aux abonées du journal Les Modes Parisiennes. Paris: [Chez Aubert], 1853. Folio 13 5/8 x 10 1/2..... More
London: William Holland, 1797. A Medley of Characters A Wonderful 'Frieze' by John [Colley] Nixon NIXON, John [Colley] A Medley of Characters. Drawn by J. Nixon, engraved by Ziegler. London: William Holland, [31, January 1797]. Oblong quarto (28 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches; 276 x 723 mm.). Large landscape hand-colored..... More
Paris: Aubert & Cie., 1840. "The Most Beautiful Album by Grenier" Hand colored lithograph pictorial title-page and thirty-three superb hand colored lithograph plates GRENIER, Francois. Album de Chasses au tir & au chien d'arret. Par F. Grenier. (Album of Shooting & Shooting Dog Hunts). Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [ca..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, Éditeur du Musée Philipon…, 1842. Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Daumier, Cham, Beaumont & Quillenbois [DAUMIER, Honoré & others]. Paris Comique, Revue Amusante Des Caractères, Moeurs, Modes, Folies, Ridicules, Excentricités, Niaiseries, Bêtises, Sottises, Voleries et Infamies Parisiennes. Text non politique Par MM. L. Huart, Michelant..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Jokes in Poor Taste CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Turlupinades Contrariétés et Autres Amusemens Négatifs [Jokes in Poor Taste], Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1850]. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 337 x 251 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed..... More
Paris: Chez J.F. Ostervald, Editeur, 1833. The Ports and Coasts of France from Dunkirk to Le Havre Deluxe Watercolor Issue with Fifty Superb Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LEFEBVRE-DURUFLÉ, N[oël Jacques]. Ports et Cotes de France de Dunkerque au Havre par N. Lefebvre-Duruflé. Paris: Chez J.F. Ostervald, Editeur, 1833. First edition..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. Sixteen Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates by Gavarni "Les Artistes" GAVARNI, Paul. [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Artistes. Paris: Chez Aubert, [1838]. Oblong folio (9 7/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 251 x 346 mm.). Sixteen hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic. Plates printed by Aubert et..... More
Paris: Chez Bauger, 1842. Jules Platier - Les Lions A Virtually Unknown Suite of Hand Colored Lithographs PLATIER, Jules. Les Lions. Paris: Chez Bauger, [1842]. First and only edition. Oblong folio (13 1/4 x 9 11/16 inches; 335 x 246 mm.). Six (of eight?) magnificent hand colored lithographs heightened with..... More
Paris: Aubert & Cie., 1847. “The Love of Paris” BERR, Nathan, illustrator. L’Amour à Paris. Composé et Lithographié par Berr. Paris: Aubert & Cie., [1847]. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 337 x 251 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and twenty numbered hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum..... More
Paris: Chez G. Engelmann [et] Gihaut, 1824. The Life of a Young Girl who Follows the Wrong Path and Loses her Honor… Depicted in Seventeen Hand Colored Lithographs by Émile Wattier WATTIER, Émile, illustrator. Un An de la vie d’une jeune fille, Roman Historique en XVII chapitres, écrits par son..... More
Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book With Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann..... More
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