Paris: Chez Aubert, 1849. A Fine Publisher's Album containg Forty Fine Lithographs by Daumier, Cham and Vernier DAUMIER, Honoré. CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). VERNIER, Charles. [Actualites] etc. [spine titled n gilt Vérités. Paris: Chez Aubert, [1849-1855]. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 348 x 260..... More
![Item #05601 [Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, The]. Thomas ROWLANDSON, William COMBE](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05601_0217copy.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701288240)
London: R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1812. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax The Fitz Eugene Dixon Copy In the Original Publishers Boards, Uncut. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. London: Pub.…at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts..... More
Paris: Neuhaus [&] Aubert, 1835. J.J. Grandville's Types Modernes A Fine Example in the Original Wrappers GRANDVILLE, J.J. Types Modernes. Observations Critiques: Le dedans de l'Homme expliqué par le dehors. 1re livraison. (Modern Types. Critical Observations: The inside of Man explained by the outside). Paris: Neuhaus [&] Aubert, 1835-38..... More
Paris: Chez Delloye, 1838. Ernest Jaime’s History of Caricature A Collection of the Most Remarkable French Caricatures Indeed JAIME, E[rnest]. Musée de la Caricature ou Recueil des Caricatures les plus remarquables publiées en France depuis le quatorzième siècle jusqu'à nos jours, pour servir de complément à toutes les collections..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1833. Orléanist Politicians as Seen by Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Célébrités de la Caricature. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1833. Folio (4 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches; 374 x 267 mm.). Two inserted portraits, one inserted illustration by Jouas, and seventeen (of twenty-six) superb lithograph plates..... More
London: Thos. McLean, 1821. The Satirical Art of Richard Dighton - A London Nuisance DIGHTON, Richard. A London Nuisance. London: Thos. McLean, [1821]. First edition. Folio (16 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 422 x 282 mm.). Six fine hand colored etched plates published October 1821. Each plate with the series..... More
Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos, 1846. The Military Costume of the Spanish Army Thirty-two Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Victor Adam after José Villegas ADAM, Victor, illustrator. VILLEGAS, José. Album Militar. Coleccion de uniformes del ejercito Español pintadas por D.J. Villegas y lithografiados por V. Adam. Madrid: Estamperias de..... More
London: Geo: Hunt, 1825. A Regency Excursion to The Low Countries of Europe with Twenty-Four Magnificent Hand-Colored Plates E[GERTON], M[ichael]. Here and There Over the Water: Being Cullings in a Trip to the Netherlands. By Omnium Gatherum. Drawn and Written by M.E. Esq. Engraved by Geo: Hunt. London: Geo: Hunt..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1829. Politics As Theater - Political Actors Lampooned By Britain's "Leading Caricaturist, Prolific Alike in Social and Political Satire" HEATH, William. Theatrical Characters. London: Thomas M'Lean, Dec. 1, 1829. First edition, first impression with plates dated Oct. 26 to Nov. 9. Large folio (16 1/8 x 11..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean: Repository of Wit and Humour, 1825. Richard Dighton's Caricatures of British Society Forty Fine Hand Colored Engraved Plates DIGHTON, Richard. Characters at the West End of the Town. Drawn and Etched by Richard Dighton. London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1825. First edition. Large folio..... More
London: G. Humphrey, [1821]. Queen Caroline Sliced And Diced By Satirists' Blade Fifty Devastating Hand-Colored Caricatures Directed Against the British Monarchy CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. CRUIKSHANK, I.R., illustrator. LANE, Theodore, illustrator. The Attorney-General's Charges Against The Late Queen, brought forward in the House of Peers, on Saturday, August 19, 1820. Illustrated..... More
London: William Sams, 1822. The Adventures of Lubin and his Friend Dashall One of the Rarest of all of Henry Alken's Works ALKEN, Henry, artist. HEATH, William, engraver. Fashion & Folly, or The Buck's Pilgrimage. [London: William Sams, 1822]. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 1/8 x 11 7/8 inches; 181..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1799. The Exceedingly Rare "Pleasing Effects of Teaching a Horse to Dance" And Other Vagaries of Horse Comportment WOODWARD, George Moutard, and ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Horse Accomplishments. R. Ackermann, 1799. Oblong quarto (11 1/8 x 13 1/2 in; 283 x 343 mm). Twelve hand colored aquatint plates drawn..... More
London: R. Ackerman, 1821. A Remarkably Crisp Copy of Rowlandson's and Woodward's Satirical Illustrations Depicting the Tradesmen of London WOODWARD, George Moutard, ROWLANDSON, Thomas illustrators. Country Characters. London: Pubd.… by R. Akerman [sic], [1800? but 1821]. First edition, later issue with the plates watermarked 1821*** Quarto (11 x 8 5/8..... More
Paris: Rittner et Goupil, 1837. French Society Enjoying the Foibles and Vices of Carnival as Depicted by Gavarni Six Exceptionally Rare Hand Colored Lithograph Plates GAVARNI, Paul [Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier]. Souvenirs de Carnaval par Gavarni. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, [1837]. First edition, first issue. Elephant folio (20 3/4 x 13..... More
Paris: Martinet, 1822. Exceptionally Rare Series of Sixty Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Depicting the “Cries of Paris” JOLY, Adrien Jean-Baptiste (Muffat). Les Petits Acteurs du Grand Theatre ou Recueil de divers Cris de Paris. Paris: Chez Martinet, 1822. Fourth edition, the rarest of all, and a Large Paper copy. Quarto (11..... More
London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. Chalon's Costume of Paris - A Superb Large Paper Example Complete with Twenty-Four Wonderful Hand Colored Lithograph Plates And the Four Original Pictorial Lithograph Wrappers CHALON, John James, illustrator. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed..... More
London: W. Bulmer for Boydell, Alici of St. Petersburg, and others, 1803-1804. The Hand Colored Plates Show the Spontaneity and Spirit Possible When the Artist is His Own Engraver ATKINSON, John Augustus, illustrator & engraver. WALKER, James. A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians, in..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1826-30. First Edition, Early Issue The Mishaps of a Maladroit Equestrian On The Hunt And Coaches Out of Control "Have You Any Idea Which Way The Hounds Went? ALKEN, Henry. Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports.; Caught in Leicestershire, &c. London: Thomas M'Lean, n.d...... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1816. "One of the Rarest of Alken's Works" Seven Magnificent Hand Colored Etched Plates Depicting 'The Miseries of Shooting' ALKEN, Henry. [Sporting Discoveries, or The Miseries of Shooting in a series of seven plates, Being Hints to Young Sportsmen. By Ben Tally-Ho. Author of "Qualified..... More
London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, 1823. Exceptionally Rare Alken Title With Forty Finely Hand-Colored Soft Ground Etchings Depicting Equitation, Hunting and Other Sports ALKEN, Henry. Alken's New Sketch Book. London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, [1823]. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches; 220..... More
Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Oh, What Fun To Travel! (Not) In Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, n.d. [ca. 1860]. First edition. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261..... More
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 12 3/8..... More
![Item #05384 Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense [What one says and what one thinks]. Jean-Gabriel...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05384_0000copy.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695423751)
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 (9 3/4 x 13 inches;..... 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 252 mm.). Lithographed title-page..... More
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