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...... More
London: G. Smeeton, [1813]. The History of the Manners and Customs of the Cossacks With a Hand Colored Frontispiece and a Portrait of Count Platoff by George Cruikshank Albert M. Cohn's Copy [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. The History of the Manners and Customs of the Cossacks; Describing their habitations; singular mode..... More
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London: John White, 1808. A Rare Series of Plates depicting the Characters of Seventeenth Century England and France [HAMILTON, Anthony]. [Memoirs of Count Grammont.] A series of thirty-nine stipple plates printed in colors. [London: John White, 1808]. Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 299 x 216 mm.). A rare..... More
London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, 1830. One Hundred Fine Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting French Costume Between 1200 and 1715 [LECOMPTE, Hippolyte]. SCHARF, George, artist. Costumes Francais, de 1200 à 1715. London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, ca. 1830. Small octavo (5 9/16 x...... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. 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: 1838. First edition. Folio (13 3/16 x 10..... 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: J. Vermot, 1860. The Soldiers of the French Army Thirty-Two Hand Colored Plates MORAINE, Louis-Pierre-René de. [Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise en Action.] [150 Sujets lithographiés par de Moraine.] Paris: J. Vermot, [1860]. First edition. Small quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 267 x 207 mm.). Sixteen unnumbered..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1830-1835. The Journal That Initiated the Golden Age of French Caricature With Two of the Rare Supplements For Subscribers [LA CARICATURE]. [PHILIPON, Charles, founder, publisher, editor]. La Caricature. Morale, Religieuse, Littéraire et Scénique. Nos. 1 - 251 [complete run]. Paris: Chez Aubert, Nov 4, 1830 - August..... More
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. A Most Unusual Cosway-Style Binding by Cedric Chivers of Bath [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. CHIVERS, Cedric, binder. NOLHAC, Pierre de. Marie Antoinette. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. Reprinted from the Illustrated Edition of Marie Antoinette the Queen by permission of Messrs Goupil & Company. Octavo (8 1/8..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897. The Story of the Last Queen of France before the Revolution In a Fine Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BICKNELL, Anna L. The Story of Marie-Antoinette. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 212 x 146 mm.). [i]-xiv, [2]..... More
Paris: Chez Blin, [1792]. Seventy-Eight Superb Color Printed Portraits of The Heroes of France Each Followed by "The Picture of Their Most Glorious Deed" [SERGENT-MARCEAU, Antoine-François]. Portraits Des Grands Hommes, Femmes Illustres, et Sujets Mémorables de France, gravés et imprimée en couleurs. Dédiée Au Roi. Paris: Chez Blin, [c. 1792]..... More
Paris: Louis Janet, 1828. A Color-Plate Tour Down the River Seine [MALO, Charles]. Voyage Pittorèsque de Paris au Havre sur les Rives de la Seine. Paris: Louis Janet, [1828]. First edition. Sixteenmo (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 146 x 89 mm.). [viii], [1]-207, [1, blank] pp. Hand colored copper-plate..... More
London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. A Superb Mid-Twenties Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun of Bath with Two Fine Oval Miniatures Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Twenty-Five Engraved Plates of which Six are Hand-Colored COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN, binder. WILLIAMS, H. Noel. Queen Margot Wife of Henry of Navarre. With..... More
London: H. Humphrey, 1800. Napoleon's Abandonment of General Duga in Egypt James Gillray's Satirical Representation of an Event Which Changed the Face of Events in France and Throughout Europe GILLRAY, James. Buonaparté Leaving Egypt. For an Illustration of the above, see Intercepted Letters from the Republican General Kleber, to the..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1839. With 150 Hand-Colored Lithographs, including Forty-Five by Honoré Daumier and Forty-Two by Gavarni [DAUMIER, Honoré, Gavarni, and others, illustrators]. [ALHOY, Maurice, Louis Huart, and Ch[arles] Philipon, editors]. Le Musée pour rire. Dessins par tous les caricaturistes de Paris; Texte par MM. Maurice Alhoy, Louis Huart et..... More
Paris: Delpech, 1828. Extremely Rare Monnier MONNIER, Henri. Six Quartiers de Paris. Paris: [François Séraphin] Delpech, 1828. A rare suite of six hand colored lithographed plates, (without the hand colored lithographed title) otherwise complete as issued. Oblong quarto. Plate size: 9 x 12 inches (231 x 307 mm). Bound to..... More
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