Dore Gustave

TROIS ARTISTES INCOMPRIS ET MÉCONTENS Leur Voyage En Province.Et Ailleurs !!. Leur Faim Dévorante et Leur Déplorable Fin Paris Chez Arnauld de Vresse n.d. around 1851

1851réf. 1851LParis: Chez Arnauld de Vresse 1851. 2nd edition. Hardcover. fair/no dj as issued. Gustave Dore. Very rare lithographic album made by the young Gustave Doré then aged 19. One of the two earliest and most rare and fragile of all Doré's illustrated books. --- --- TROIS ARTISTES INCOMPRIS ET MÉCONTENS Leur Voyage En Province.Et Ailleurs !!. Leur Faim Dévorante et Leur Déplorable Fin Paris Chez Arnauld de Vresse n.d. around 1851 translation of title: Three misunderstood and disgruntled artists. Their journey to the provinces. and elsewhere!! Their devouring hunger and their deplorable end. --- --- Paris Chez Arnauld de Vresse. no year Probably 1851. Reprint in the same format and with the same number of plates as the first Edition published by Chez Aubert & Cie 1850 or 1851. This is only the second lithographic album after "The Labors of Hercules" 1847 made by the young Gustave Doré then aged 19. Inspired by the "literature in prints" of the Genevan Rodolphe Töpffer and the works of Cham the work is today considered one of the first modern French comic strips. As in the first edition on most pages in the bottom left-hand or right hand corner it reads: Chez Aubert PI. de la Bourse n°29. and / or Impr. Lemercier rue de Seine 51 Paris Front and back cover: yellow paper on boards the front with the same illustration as the title page the back just yellow. 13.6" x 10.5" 35x27cm Title page and 20 of 25 lithographed pages printed on verso only each containing three to eight drawings accompanied by a caption in the manner of comic strips. Pages 1 2 3 10 and 11 are missing. As is: cardboard restored on the spine Hinge is broken pages 6-9 are loose. Pages are clean with only occasional foxing in the margins. Pages 9 16 17 23 and 25 have small restored areas with adhesive tape in the margins without affecting the illustrations. Chez Arnauld de Vresse hardcover

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