London: , 1835. Forty-Nine Hand-Colored Etched Plates by Alfred Crowquill after Robert Seymour SEYMOUR, [Robert]. CROWQUILL, Alfred, illustrator. Seymour’s Sketches, Illustrated in Prose & Verse by Alfred Crowquill [pseudonym of Alfred Forrester]. [London: H. Wallis & J. Thompson, n.d., 1835-36]. First edition, first issue. Quarto (10 3/16 x 8 7/16 inches; 262..... 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: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, 1828. An Exceptionally Rare, Complete and Amusing Suite of Forty-Eight Hand Colored Lithographs Bound together with Sixty-Two Fine hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Charles Philipon, Émile Wattier, Jean Gabriel Scheffer and Leopold Zechmayer PHILIPON, Charles. WATTIER, Émile. [Les Compensations Composées et Dessinées par Ch. Philipon..... More
Paris: Chez Genty, 1829. 'Memories of a Brief Affair' Twelve Superb Hand-Colored Lithographs by Charles Philipon PHILIPON, Charles. Souvenir d' Amourette. [Memories of a brief affair]. [Paris]: Chez Genty, [1830]. First edition. Folio (13 x 9 1/2 inches; 331 x 241 mm.). Complete with twelve superb hand-colored lithograph plates by Charles Philipon..... More
![Physionomie de L'Assemblée]. Honoré DAUMIER](/pictures/thumb/04978_1.jpg?v=1610750845)
Paris: Chez Aubert , 1849. Honoré Daumier's 'Uber' Rare Physionomie de L'Assemblée Thirty-One Superb Lithographs Complete DAUMIER, Honoré. [Physionomie de L'Assemblée]. [Physiognomy of the Assembly]. Paris: Chez Aubert, [November 10th, 1849 - February 18th, 1851]. First edition. Folio (14 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 653 x 260 mm.). Thirty-one fine lithographed plates (complete), each..... 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: Jazerac 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, Langlumè..... More
Paris: Genty, Editeur, 1830. Six Humorous Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting The Trials and Tribulations of Marriage PLATTEL, Henri Daniel. L'Alsacienne à Paris. Paris: Genty, Editeur, [1829]. First edition. Folio (13 x 9 1/2 inches; 330 x 241 mm.). Six fine hand colored plates lithographed by de Cheyère. Mid twentieth century quarter gray..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1840. A Scarce Vernier 'Dance' Album with Twelve Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Heightened with Gum Arabic VERNIER, Charles, illustrator. Croquis des Bals Publics & Bals Masquès de Paris par les Dessinateurs du Charivari. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1840]. Folio (13 1/8 x 9..... More
Paris: P. Marino, 1825. Too Early… Too Late… VALMONT, Auguste de. Trop Tot & Trop Tard. Scènes Comiques dessinées par A. de V. Paris: P. Marino, [1825]. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 336 x 241 mm.). [iv] pp. Twelve amusing hand colored plates lithographed by Pierre Francois Ducarme. All..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840. Galerie Comique with Sixty-Eight Superb Hand Colored Lithographs TRAVIES, Charles Joseph, and others. Galerie Comique. Paris: Chez Aubert, [ca. 1840]. Folio (13 x 10 inches; 330 x 255 mm.). Sixty-eight hand-colored lithograph plates, all heightened with gum Arabic. Plate no. 56 with neat repair in center. Plate numbers 1..... 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
![Ombres Fantastiques [Fantastic Shadows]. LE POITEVIN, Eugène](/pictures/thumb/04937_01.jpg?v=1604092054)
Paris / London: Chez Aumont / Charles Tilt, [1830]. Devils, Bugs, Imps, Skeletons, and All Kinds of Mischief… LE POITEVIN, [Eugène]. Ombres Fantastiques Par Le Poitevin. [Fantastic Shadows] Paris / London: Chez Aumont / Charles Tilt, n.d. [1832]. First edition. Landscape folio (14 1/8 x 21 7/8 inches; 360x 556 mm.)..... 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
London: William Holland, 1802. Exceptionally Rare and Complete Hand-Colored Panorama/Frieze Depicting thirty-eight clumsy, ill-matched pairs dancing with as much aplomb as they can manage… NIXON, John [Colley] A Country Dance. [Designed by John Nixon, Esqr. Lately published]. London: William Holland, [ca. 1802]. Large landscape etching in four pieces with stipple, hand-colored (total..... 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
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. A Scarce Little Sucker One of the Rarest of All Leeches Victorian Unisex Costumes - Lady-Like Gentlemen [LEECH, John, illustrator]. [LEIGH, Percival]. [The Fiddle Faddle Fashion Book. And Beau Monde à La Française enriched with Numerous Highly Colored Figures of Lady-Like Gentlemen. Edited by The Author of The..... More
![L'Art d'engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté [&] Mr. Papillon [&] Pincez-moi à la Campagne!!...](/pictures/thumb/04875_1.jpg?v=1592597049)
Paris: Maison Martinet, 1856. Three of Cham's Rarest Works with Sixty Wonderful Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Three complete works bound together in one volume - L'Art d'engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté. [&] Mr. Papillon [&] Pincez-moi à la Campagne!! First editions. Folio (12 11/16 x 9..... More
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