[London]: A few copies only printed for the artist's friends, [1872]. An Exceptionally Scarce, Highly Erotic and Very Amusing Suite of Original Hand-Colored Engravings Privately Printed by Rowlandson and Issued Separately ca. 1800 ROWLANDSON, Thomas. HOTTEN, John Camden. Pretty Little Games for Young Ladies & Gentleman. With Pictures of Good Old English..... More
Paris: Chez Osterwald ainé, 1827. “The History of a Pin” Sixteen Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [FONTALLARD, Henri-Gérard, illustrator]. Histoire d’une Épingle Par elle mème. [En seize tabeaux]. Composé et dessine par H. Gérard-Fontallard, [accompagnés d’un texte], extrait du Corsaire. Du 17 Juillet, 1827. Paris: Chez Osterwald ainé, et chez Rittner..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1847. The 'Red-Light' District of Paris BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Quartier de la Boule Rouge. [Paris]: Chez Aubert & Cie., [1847-48]. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches; 336 x 247 mm.). Twenty-seven magnificent hand colored lithograph plates. One leaf of advertisement at end. Publisher's ribbed..... More
London: , 1820. Twenty-Eight Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Depicting Street Vendors in Paris B[USBY], T[homas] L[ord]. Costume of the Lower Orders in Paris. TLB. [N.p. (London): n.d., ca. 1820.] Folio (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 292 x 191 mm.). Hand-colored engraved title and twenty-eight hand-colored engraved costume plates captioned in..... More
London: Messrs. Fores, 1845. The Greatest of All Coaching Books NEWHOUSE, C[harles].B. [&] [ALKEN, Henry] illustrators. The Roadsters' Album. London: Messrs. Fores, Jan. 2nd,1845. Second edition. Folio (14 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches; 368 x 276 mm.). Hand-colored aquatint pictorial title-page [by Henry Alken] and sixteen hand-colored aquatints, all heightened with..... 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 Superb Copy in the Publisher's Original Printed Wrappers Complete with Forty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier & a Duplicate Colored Suite. MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Comp.ie, 1850. The French Bourgeoisie as Depicted by Quillenbois QUILLENBOIS, pseudonym of Charles Marie de Sarcus. Plaisirs et Occupations de la vie de Chateau par Karl (Quillambois.). Paris: Chez Aubert & Comp.ie, [1850]. Folio (12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 323 x 242 mm.). Pictorial lithograph title-page..... More
London: Printed by J. Smeeton, 1802. M'Cringer's Treatise on Modern Education With Eight Superb Hand Colored Plates Etched by Thomas Rowlandson ROWLANDSON, Thomas. M'CRINGER, Joel [aka J[ames]B[rydges]. WILLYAMS. A Compendious Treatise on Modern Education, in which the following interesting subjects are liberally discussed: The Nursery, Private Schools, Public Schools, Universities, Gallantry, Duelling..... More
Brussels & Leipzig: C. Muquardt, 1841. The 'Artistic Fantasies' of Victor Adam Eighteen Fine and Humorous Lithographs all Heightened with Gum Arabic ADAM, Victor, illustrator. NOREW, Madame la Baronne de [pseud of EYMERY, Alexis]. Fantaisies Artistiques. Album Récréatif. Illustré par Victor Adam. - Texte de Madame La Baronne de Norew. Brussels &..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie…, 1855. Thirty-Two Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting Children in Various Adult Situations TRONSENS, Charles (pseudonyms of "Sathaniel" & "Carlo Gripp") French caricaturist and illustrator. Les enfans d'aujourd'hui. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie… du Journal pour rire, [1855]. First edition. Oblong quarto (6 1/8 x 9..... More
![Variétés Drolatiques [bound with] Histoire Ancienne. Honoré DAUMIER](/pictures/thumb/04953_01.jpg?v=1618854487)
Paris: Léopold Pannier et Cie., 1841. An Exceptionally Rare Daumier Album Seven Series Complete Containing Fifty Humorous Lithographs DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator. Variétés Drolatiques. Vulgarités. - Les Musiciens de Paris. - Proverbes de famille. - Proverbes et Maximes. - La Peche. - La Journée du Celibataire. - Les Saltimbanques. 50 Planches. Paris: Léopold..... More
Paris: A. de Vresse [&] Maison Martinet, 1862. A Fine French Album of Sixty-Six Caricatures Including Twenty-Eight with Hand-Coloring PELCOQ, Jules, illustrator. Actualités. Paris: A. de Vresse [&] Maison Martinet, [1862-1863]. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches; 350 x 257 mm.). Twenty-eight fine and mainly amusing hand colored lithograph plates..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1845. "All is Fair in Love and War" Thirty-One Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Presenting a Satirical View of the French in Algeria CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. À la guerre comme à la guerre. Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., 1845]. First edition..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert et Cie, , 1839. An Exceptionally Rare Original Hand-Colored Copy [DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator]. PHILIPON, Charles. Les Cent et Un Robert-Macaire composés et dessinés par M. H. Daumier, sur les Idées et les Légendes de M. Ch. Philipon réduits et lithographiés par MM***; Texte par MM. Maurice Alhoy et..... More
Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, 1828. An Exceptionally Rare and Amusing Suite of Hand Colored Lithographs PHILIPON, Charles. WATTIER, Émile. Les Compensations Composées et Dessinées par Ch. Philipon, Lithographies par Wattier. Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, [1828]. First edition. Quarto (14 x 11 inches; 355 x 280..... More
London: H. Humphrey, 1800. One of the Scarcest of all James Gillray's Works GILLRAY, James. Cockney-Sportsmen. London: H[annah] Humphrey, November 12th, 1800. Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches; 342 x 485 mm. Plate mark 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches; 254 x 358 mm.). Four magnificent hand-colored soft-ground etched..... More
Paris [&] New York: Arnauld de Vresse, Editeur, Roe Lockwood and Son , 1878. Silly Questions Depicted in Nineteen Humorous Lithographs BARIC, [Jules Jean Antoine]. Ou Diable L'Esprit Va-T-Il Se Nicher? Par Baric. [Where the Devil will the Spirit go?]. Paris [&] New-York: Arnauld de Vresse, Editeur, Roe Lockwood and..... More
Paris: Delpech, 1830. A Scarce Sampler of Social Pretensions The Jovial Spirit and Verve of Monnier On the Ridiculous, Freakish Vanities of Parisian Society MONNIER, Henri. Boutades [Jokes]. Paris: Delpech, n.p. [1830]. First edition complete as issued. Oblong quarto (11 1/8 x 14 3/8 in; 283 x 365 mm). Hand-colored pictorial engraved..... More
Paris: Aux Bureaux du Charivari, 1871. Thirty-Nine Wonderfully Satiric Images by Daumier & Cham of the Siege of Paris by the Prussian army in the Winter of 1870-1871 CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). DAUMIER, Honoré. Album du Siége Par Cham et Daumier. Recueil de Caricatures publiées pendant Le Siege dans 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" Thirty Three (of Forty) Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites, avec des vignettes de Devéria et..... More
![Caricatures Sans Titre - 1840]. Frédéric BOUCHOT, Henri MONNIER](/pictures/thumb/04952_01.jpg?v=1605747365)
Paris: Delpech, 1840. Rare Collaboration Between Frédéric Bouchot and Henri Monnier BOUCHOT, Frédéric. [&] MONNIER, Henri. [Caricatures Sans Titre - 1840]. [Paris, n.d., ca. 1840]. Oblong quarto (9 1/8 x 12 3/8 inches; 231 x 315 mm). Rare suite of eight hand-colored lithographed plates, mounted on stubs. Four by Frédéric Bouchot..... More
London: E. & C. M'Lean, 1823 & D. Alexander, 1823. Scarce First British Appearance of Boilly's Grimaces BOILLY, Louis-Léopold. [Boilly's Humorous Designs. London: E. & C. M'Lean, 1823 & D. Alexander, 1824. A fine collection from the first UK publication of Boilly's initial plates from his Recueil de Grimaces (1823). Folio (14..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, 1825. Two of Henry Monnier’s Exceptionally Rare Earliest Suites of Caricatures [MONNIER, Henry, illustrator]. [Modes et Ridicules]. Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, Editeurs, [1825]. Large quarto (13 5/16 x 10 inches; 339 x 255 mm.). Ten fine hand colored lithograph plates, complete. Plates lithographed by Villain. Henry Monnier’s exceptionally..... More
![Stockholmska Scener Tecknade och lithografierade. [Caricature Scenes of Stockholm in Lithograph]....](/pictures/thumb/04913_01.jpg?v=1594747687)
Stockholm: Gjöthström and Magnusson, [1830]. A Remarkable Suite of Sixteen Lithograph Plates - Including Four with Hand-coloring A Wonderful Caricaturists View of Stockholm MÖRNER, Carl Gustav Hjalmar. Stockholmska Scener Tecknade och lithografierade. [Caricature Scenes of Stockholm in Lithograph] Stockholm: Gjöthström & Magnusson, [1830]. First Edition in Book Form. Oblong folio (10 1/8..... More
![Galerie de Grotesques]. GONDELIER, publisher MARTINET](/pictures/thumb/04822_0001.jpg?v=1593563894)
Paris: Martinet, 1821. Galerie des Grotesques [GONDELIER, Jean-Baptiste]. [Galerie des Grotesques]. [Paris]: [Chez] Martinet, [1821]. Oblong folio (16 x 10 1/2 inches; 406 x 267 mm.). Seven leaves, titled and numbered in manuscript, each with three hand colored etched plates making a total of twenty-one images. Contemporary quarter green calf over floral..... More
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