London [&] Paris: McLean [&] Giraldon Bovinet, 1829. One of Gavarni's Earliest and Rarest Works - 'Grotesque Disguises' An Wonderful Album with Twelve Superb Hand Colored Etched Plates Depicting Cross-Dressers - Transvestites GAVARNI, Paul. [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Grotesque Disguises. Travestissemens Grotesques. London [&] Paris: McLean [&]..... More
Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. Familiar Scenes of Parisian Society Caught in the Wry [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S-------, PIGAL, &c, &c. Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. First (only) issue. Folio (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches: 359 x 263 mm.). Three parts..... 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" Thirty Three (of Forty, as is often the case) Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1844. The French Opera in the Nineteenth Century Sixty Superb Hand-Colored Lithographs BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. L'Opèra au XIXeme. Siècle. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [1844-46]. Folio (13 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 339 x 260 mm.). Sixty fine hand colored lithograph plates heightened with gum..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Les Modes Parisiennes, 1856. Twelve Fine Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Showing the Fashionable Women of Paris in the 1850's GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Douze Nouveaux Travestissements. Gravés sur acier par Portier. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Les Modes Parisiennes, 1856. Folio (13 1/2 x...... More
Leipzig: Johann Baptist Klein, 1790. Exceptionally Rare Complete with Forty-Eight Hand Colored Engravings Depicting the Street Vendors of Leipzig in the Late Eighteenth Century RICHTER, Johann Salomo. Leipziger National Trachten. Leipzig: [Johann Baptist Klein, 1790-1791]. First edition Complete. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 124 mm.). Forty-eight..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1836-38. Daumier's Most Celebrated Work Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana] Complete with 100 Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates, All Heightened with Gum Arabic A Remarkable Example in the Original Publisher's Blue Cloth DAUMIER, Honoré and Charles Philipon. Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana]. Paris: Chez Aubert, August 1836- November 1838. First edition..... More
Paris: Chez Bulla Frères, 1850. The Chaos and Pleasantries of Human Relationships NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET). Le Tohu-Bohu Plaisant. Paris: Chez Bulla Freres, [ca. 1850]. Folio (16 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches; 413 x 308 mm.). Sixty superb hand colored lithograph plates + duplicates (with different hand coloring) of..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Maison Martinet, 1854. 'Let's make Caricatures of the Russians' An Album of Forty Lithographs by Daumier & Cham DAUMIER, Honoré & CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Chargeons les Russes. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Maison Martinet, [1854]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10..... More
Paris: Chez L'Editeur [Pierre de Crapelet], 1827. Seven Fine Hand Colored Lithographs from Le Bon Genre BON GENRE, LE. [Observations sur les Modes et les Usages de Paris], Seven fine hand colored lithograph plates. [Paris: Chez L'Editeur [Pierre de Crapelet, 1830]. Seven plates from a later edition of ca. 1830..... More
n.p.: , 1865. Piggy-Bank Robbers… GRISET, Ernest. Original pen, ink and wash drawing of Two Mice beside a Piggy-bank… n.p., n.d, ca. 1865. Signed with initials. (3 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches; 85 x 115 mm.). Image size: 1 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches; 48 x 68 mm. A charming..... More
Paris: chez Delpech, [1823]. Les Grimaces BOILLY, L[ouis-Leopold]. Les Grimaces. Paris: Delpeche, [1823-28]. Five superb hand colored lithograph plates each measuring 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 277 x 216 mm. 1. Les Grimaces 2. Les Grimaces 5 3. Les Grimaces 2 4. Les Grimaces 6 5. La Félicité Parfait..... More
Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1829. Sketches for the Amusement of Children An Early Work by Raffet RAFFET, [Denis August Marie]. Croquis pour l'amusement des enfans… Paris & London: Chez Gihaut Frères & McLean, 1829. First edition [first series only]. Oblong quarto (12 3/8 x 9 inches; 314 x 229 mm.). Pictorial..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari, 1857. Thirty Amusing Wood-Cut Illustrations by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Croquis Variés… Paris: Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari, [1857]. First edition. Small quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches; 241 x 181 mm.). 16 leaves (including vignette title-page) all printed on one..... More
Paris: Paris: H. Gache [&] London: E. Gambart, 1850. The Traditional Dances of France, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic Six Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Pierre-Numa Bassaget NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET). La Guirlande choix de Danses a caractère de tous les pays. Lithographiées par Régnier & Bettannier..... More
Amsterdam & Paris: Frans Buffa & Chez Engelmann et Cie., 1828. The Costumes of the Netherlands in Twenty Vividly Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates [GREEVEN, H., illustrator]. Collection des Costumes des Provinces Septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas, Dessinés d’après Nature par H. Greeven et lithographiés par Vallon de Villeneuve. Amsterdam: Chez François..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Sixty-Six Magnificent Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates by Gavarni Depicting “The Stevedores” GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Débardeurs. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [n.d., 1840-1842]. Folio (13 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 353 x 264 mm.). Sixty-six superb numbered hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach Illustrated in Twelve Highly Amusing Lithographs LEPRINCE, Xavier. Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence. [The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach]. Douze Tableaux, Lithographiés par M. Xavier Leprince. Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826..... More
Paris: En vente Au Bureau du Journal Amusant…et au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Gavarni's Memories of his Time in the Debtors Prison 'Clichy' Depicted in Twenty-One Lithographed Plates GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Clichy. Album par Gavarni. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [n.d., 1840-1841]. Large quarto (13 3/4 x...... More
Paris: Chez Noël et Dauty, 1823. Proverbs and Good Words Put Into Action… Complete With Sixty-Six Fine Hand Colored Lithographs PIGAL, Edme-Jean (1798-1873). ARAGO, Jacques (1790-1855). PAJOU, Augustin (1800-1878). [Proverbes et Bons Mots Mis en Action, d'après les Moeurs Populaires; Composés et Lithographiés par MM. Pigal, Pajou et J.s Arago..... More
Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. A Rare Book on Coaching Twelve Superb Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. [Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures par V. Adam 1830]. Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. First Charles Motte edition (preceded only by the 1828 Gihaut Frères hand colored issue with 36 plates). Oblong folio..... More
Paris: Chez Ambroise Tardieu, Editeur, 1823. Twenty Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Caricatures of Various Diseases AUBRY, Charles and others. Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque, Recueil de vingt caricatures médicales dessinées par Aubry, Chazal, Colin, Bellangé, et Pigal. Paris: Huzard-Courcier (for) Chez Ambrose Tardieu, 1823. First edition of this exceptionally rare..... More
Paris: Librairie d'Éducation, A. Courcier, Éditeur, 1860. 'Brothers In Arms' The Italian War of Independence and The Crimean War The Battles of Magenta, Kinburn and Malakoff ADAM, Victor, illustrator [&] MOREL-FATIO, Antoine Léon, illustrator. Les Frères d'Armes. Par Th. Midy. Ullustré de six superbes gravures a deux teints par V...... More
Paris: Maison Martinet, 1850. Cham's Comical View of 'Fun During the Holidays' CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Les Vacances. Album des Petits Amateurs. Paris: Maison Martinet, [ca. 1850]. Pictorial lithograph title-page and sixteen hand colored lithographed plates, some heightened with gum arabic. Plates lithographed by Decan. Five of the..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Amusing Memories from a French Military Post… With Thirty Finely Hand-Colored Comical Scenes… [CHAM, illustrator, pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé]. Souvenirs de Garnison et des plaisirs attachés a la chose. Paris: Chez Aubert, n.d. [ca. 1850]. First edition. Large oblong quarto (10 1/8..... More
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