French Caricature
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
Paris: Lange Lévy et Comp., 1850. First Edition, Bound from the Original Parts Complete with all six of the original front wrappers and the five leaves of advertisements at the end From the Bibliothèque Antoine Vautier CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). HUART, Louis. CHAMPS, Victor, binder. Punch à Paris..... More
Paris: Rittner et Goupil, 1837. Gavarni's Souvenirs of the Carnival Complete with Fifty Superb Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Souvenirs de Carnaval. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, [1837]. First edition, first issue. Folio (15 9/16 x 12 1/2 inches; 395 x 317 mm.). Six fine lithographed plates..... More
Paris: Bauger et Cie., 1838. Gavarni’s “Terrible Children” Fifty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs Including the Pictorial Title-Page GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Enfans terribles. Ire. Série 50 Sujets par Gavarni. Paris: Bauger et Cie., [n.d., 1838-1842]. First edition. Large quarto (13 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches; 332..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1840. Sixty-Six Lithographed Plates by Gavarni "Stevedores" at the Carnival of Paris GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Débardeurs. Album Comique par Garvarni. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant & Petit Journal pour Rire. [Chez Bauger], [1840-1842]. Three large quarto volumes (13 1/4 x...... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, Éditeur du Musée Philipon…, 1842. Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Daumier, Cham, Beaumont & Quillenbois [DAUMIER, Honoré & others]. Paris Comique, Revue Amusante Des Caractères, Moeurs, Modes, Folies, Ridicules, Excentricités, Niaiseries, Bêtises, Sottises, Voleries et Infamies Parisiennes. Text non politique Par MM. L. Huart, Michelant..... 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: J. Hetzel, 1846. A Remarkable Survival GAVARNI, Paul, illustrator. Oeuvres Choisies de Gavarni. Revues, corrigées et nouvellemant classées par l'Auteur. Études de Moeurs Contemporaines. Paris: J. Hetzel, 1846. First Collected Edition. Two octavo volumes (10 7/16 x 7 1/4 inches; 265 x 184 mm.). Lithograph frontispiece, [xii], 39 plates;..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. Sixteen Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates by Gavarni "Les Artistes" GAVARNI, Paul. [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Artistes. Paris: Chez Aubert, [1838]. Oblong folio (9 7/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 251 x 346 mm.). Sixteen hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic. Plates printed by Aubert et..... More
Paris: Chez Bauger, 1842. Jules Platier - Les Lions A Virtually Unknown Suite of Hand Colored Lithographs PLATIER, Jules. Les Lions. Paris: Chez Bauger, [1842]. First and only edition. Oblong folio (13 1/4 x 9 11/16 inches; 335 x 246 mm.). Six (of eight?) magnificent hand colored lithographs heightened with..... More
![Item #05538 La Galerie Physionomique [&] Au Boit Aux Lettres [&] Les Coulisses [&] Cours de...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05538_0098.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1688425417)
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1837. Characteristic Expressions, Love Letters, and Law Students Twenty-Five Fine Hand Colored Lithographs by Daumier, Gavarni and Cujas DAUMIER, Honoré. La Galerie Physionomique (The Physiognomic Gallery) 5 plates (0f 25), [1837]; GAVARNI, Paul. Au Boit Aux Lettres (At the mailbox) 11 plates (of 34), [1838]; GAVARNI, Paul..... More
Paris: Aubert & Cie., 1847. “The Love of Paris” BERR, Nathan, illustrator. L’Amour à Paris. Composé et Lithographié par Berr. Paris: Aubert & Cie., [1847]. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 337 x 251 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and twenty numbered hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum..... More
Paris: Chez G. Engelmann [et] Gihaut, 1824. The Life of a Young Girl who Follows the Wrong Path and Loses her Honor… Depicted in Seventeen Hand Colored Lithographs by Émile Wattier WATTIER, Émile, illustrator. Un An de la vie d’une jeune fille, Roman Historique en XVII chapitres, écrits par son..... More
Paris: Sazerac 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..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1835. Frédéric Bouchot Comically Illustrates the French National Guard BOUCHOT, Frédéric. Tribulations de la Garde Nationale. Paris: Chez Aubert, [1835]. First Edition. Folio (14 1/8 x 11 inches; 359 x 280 mm.). Twenty-five (of twenty-seven) highly amusing hand colored lithographs mounted on stubs. All plates heightened with..... More
Paris: Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Day of an Actress, or Twelve Scenes of Day and Night Twelve Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates WATTIER, Édouard. [La Journée d'une actrice, ou Douze scènes de jour et de nuit, Lithographiées par Ed. Wattier. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, 1826]. First edition. Large folio (14 1/4..... More
Paris: Giraldon Bovinet, 1828. "Perhaps the most piquant and original of Monnier's albums" MONNIER, Henry. Les Grisettes Leurs Moeurs, leurs Habitudes, leurs bonnes Qualités, leurs Préjugés, leurs Erreurs, leurs Faiblesses, & C. Dessinés d'après Nature au sein de leurs plaisirs, de leurs occupations, &c &c. par Henry Monnier. Paris: Giraldon..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. The First Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs of Daumier's Most Celebrated Work DAUMIER, Honoré and Charles Philipon. Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana]. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1836-1838. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 14 inches; 264 x 355 mm.). Twenty hand-colored lithographed plates (numbered 1 - 20) heightened..... More
Paris: Delpech, 1827. Street Life in Paris in the Early Nineteenth Century Louis-Leopold Boilly's 'Collection of Moral Subjects' Six Superb Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates A Remarkable Survival in The Publisher's Printed Wrappers BOILLY, L[ouis-Leopold]. Recueil de Sujets Moraux Dessinés sur Pierre par L. Boilly. Paris: Delpech, [1827]. Oblong Folio (11 3/4..... More
Paris: chez Delpech, 1823. A Fine Collection of Twenty-Two of Leopold Boilly's 'Grimaces' BOILLY, Louis-Leopold. Recueil de Grimaces. Paris: chez Delpech, 1824-1827. First edition. Folio (14 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches; 374 x 270 mm.). A superb collection of twenty-two fine hand-colored lithographed plates, all with the original tissue guards..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, 1846. Professional seduction scenes with prostitutes lusting after new clients… The theme of ambiguity and deception illustrated by women disguised as men or vice versa… "This is the most substantial and interesting of Gavarni's Oeuvres nouvelles" (Armelhault & Bocher) GAVARNI, Paul. Le Carnaval 1e. Série..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert gal. Véro-Dodat, 1838. Henri Daniel Plattel's “Sketches of Expressions” The Continuation of Honoré Daumier's Croquis D'Expressions PLATTEL, Henri Daniel. & DAUMIER, Honore. Croquis d'Expressions. Nos. 51- 75. [Paris]: Chez Aubert gal. Véro-Dodat, [January 18th, 1838 - July 4th, 1839]. Oblong folio (10 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches;..... More
Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. Familiar Scenes of Parisian Society Caught in the Wry [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S-------, PIGAL, &c, &c. Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. First (only) issue. Folio (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches: 359 x 263 mm.). Three parts..... More
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