Paris: Gide fils, 1823-24. Scarce Awkward Clashes! Trés Amusant! Trés Rare Inopportune Social and Personal Events Eugène Lami's Interpretation of Thomas Rowlandson's Miseries of Human Life LAMI, Eugène. Les Contretems en Caricatures. Paris: Gide fils, [Dec.]1823 - [Jan.]1824. First editions of both series complete... More
Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, Editeur, [1860]. Eighteen Hand-Colored Lithographs Depicting the Antics of the Austrian Army During the Italian Campaign of 1859. BARIC, [Jules Jean Antoine]. Les Autrichiens en Italie. Par Baric. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, Editeur, [n.d., ca. 1860]. First (only?) edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 10 inches; 336..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Chez Martinet, [1859]. 'The Pretty Women of Paris' as seen by Édouard de Beaumont Depicted in Thirty Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Nos Jolies Parisiennes (The Pretty Women of Paris). Album par Édouard de Beaumont. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et..... More
Paris: Bauger et Cie., 1838. Gavarni’s “Terrible Children” Forty-Eight (of Forty-Nine) Superb Hand Colored Lithographs GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Enfans terribles. Paris: Bauger et Cie., [n.d., 1838-1842]. First edition. Large quarto (13 x 9 3/4 inches; 330 x 248 mm.). Forty-eight (of forty-nine) numbered hand-colored lithographed plates..... 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... Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826]. First edition. Oblong..... More
Paris: Gide fils, 1823-24. Scarce Awkward Clashes! Trés Amusant! Trés Rare Inopportune Social and Personal Events LAMI, Eugène. Les Contretems en Caricatures. Paris: Gide fils, 1823-24. First and Second Series Complete. First edition. Oblong octavo (7 5/8 x 10 5/8 in; 195 x 272 mm). Twenty-four hand-colored lithographs printed by..... More
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Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, 1848. Three incredibly rare suites by Charles Beaumont bound together in one album Together with Eighteen Hand Colored Lithographs from Three of his Other Works BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Les Vésuviennes ou les Soldats pour rire… complete [and] Quartier de la Boule Rouge… complete [and]..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Sixty-Six Magnificent Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates by Gavarni Depicting “The Stevedores” GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Débardeurs. Album Comique par Garvarni. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & du Petit Journal pour Rire. [n.d., 1840-1842]. Folio (13 x 9 5/8 inches; 330 x...... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, 1848. Les Vésuviennes - The Radical feminist Group as Depicted by Charles Édouard de Beaumont Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs BEAUMONT, [Charles-]É[douard] de. Les Vésuviennes ou les Soldats pour rire… Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, [1848]. Folio (12 15/16 x 9 3/4 inches;..... 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 Aubert & Cie.,, 1846. The Pleasures of Youth… Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure, Elégance, Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., n.d. [1846]. First (only) edition, complete. Folio (13..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse, [1871]. Irony and Biting Satire on the 4th French Revolution CHAM (pseud. of Amédée de Noé). Les Folies de la Commune. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse, n.d. [1871]. First edition, complete. Quarto (13 x 9 3/4 inches; 330 x 247 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed..... More
London: Published for the Artist by Frederick Arnold, 1873. 1873 Re-Issue of Cruikshank's Phrenological Illustrations with Six Hand Colored Engraved Plates Presentation Copy from George Cruikshank to his dear friend, John Paget CRUIKSHANK, George. Phrenological Illustrations Or, An Artist's View of the Craniological System of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim. London..... More
Paris: Delpech Editeur, 1829. Six Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Military Scenes [LAMI, Eugène, illustrator]. Souvenirs du camp de Luneville. Paris: Delpech Editeur, 1829. Oblong folio (8 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches; 220 x 298 mm.). Lithographed vignette title-page and six hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates lithographed by Delpech. All plates mounted..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Fifteen Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Caricaturing the British [CHAM, illustrator]. Mœurs Britanniques. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., ca. 1850]. Large folio (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches; 327 x 244 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen numbered hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut frères, 1828. Henry Monnier's Rare Album of Parisian Manners MONNIER, Henry. Moeurs Parisiennes… [Parisian Manners]. Paris: Chez Gihaut frères, 1828. First edition. Large oblong quarto (10 7/8 x 14 inches; 276 x 355 mm.). Original wrapper as lithograph title-page and ten humorous hand colored plates lithographed by..... More
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Paris: Gihaut Frères, éditeurs, 1825. One of Henry Monnier's Earliest Works Ten Superb Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting 'Absurd Fads' Bound together with Four of the Plates from the 'Série Anglaise' MONNIER, Henry, illustrator. [Modes et Ridicules] & [Séries Anglaise]. Paris: Gihaut Frères, éditeurs, 1825. Large folio (13 3/8 x 9..... More
[New York]: A few copies only printed for the artist's friends, 1930. Ten Amusing 'Erotic' Plates by Thomas Rowlandson ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Pretty Little Games for Young Ladies & Gentleman. With Pictures of Good Old English Sports and Pastimes. By T. Rowlandson. [n.p.]: A few copies only printed for the artist's..... More
Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1855. "Whisperings in the Ear" "A Little Bit of One's True Self" COMBA, Pierre-Paul. Le Bout de L'Oreille par Comba. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [ca. 1855]. Folio (12 15/16 x 10 inches; 338 x 254 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and eighteen fine and amusing..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut frères, 1832. Ten Charming Hand-Colored Lithographs of French Upper Class Country Life LAMI, Eugène. La Vie de château. [Second Series]. Paris: Chez Gihaut frères, éditeurs, [n.d., 1832-1833]. Oblong folio volume (10 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches; 260 x 333 mm.). Ten numbered hand-colored lithographed plates. Some light..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Twenty Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting the Costumes and Dancing at the “Bal Chicard” GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Souvenirs du Bal Chicard. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [n.d., ca. 1840]. Large quarto (13 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches; 338 x 266 mm.). Lithograph..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846. Thirty-Nine (of Forty) Superb Hand Colored Lithographs by Charles-Édouard de Baeumont Depicting The Pretty Women of Paris BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Les Jolies Femmes de Paris. [The Pretty Women of Paris]. Paris: Chez Aubert, [1846]. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches; 337 x 2548 mm.). Thirty-nine..... More
Paris: Delpech, 1840. Rare Collaboration Between Frédéric Bouchot and Henri Monnier BOUCHOT, Frédéric. [&] MONNIER, Henri. Recueil de Caricatures par Bouchot. [Paris, n.d., ca. 1840]. Oblong quarto (10 1/4 x 13 3/8 inches; 260 x 340 mm). Lithographed title-page and eight hand-colored lithographed plates. Four by Frédéric Bouchot and four..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1843. Twenty Fine Lithographs Depicting the Trials and Tribulations of the Boatmen of Paris Daumier Creates "The Elusive Quality of Light" DAUMIER, Honoré. Les Canotiers Parisiens. The Boatmen of Paris. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, [1843]. Folio (13 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches; 337 x...... More
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Paris: Chez Bauger & Cie. [&] Chez Aubert, 1832. The Parisians as Depicted by Clément Pruche 101 Superb Lithographs of which 74 are Hand Colored PRUCHE, Clément. Les Ouvriers de Paris [&] Les Domestiques [&] Le Bon Cotè [&] Lés Petits Métiers Parisiens. Paris: Chez Bauger & Cie. [&] Chez..... More
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