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1882ref. 67259Paris: Chez Calmann Lévy 1882. Fine. Chez Calmann Lévy Paris 1882 22 x 31 cm relié Illustrated edition with 1000 drawings by Cham. Publisher's binding in full red cloth signed Magnier. Spine slightly faded headcaps rubbed scratch on one of the leading edges. Chez Calmann Lévy hardcover
1865ref. 40489Paris: Arnauld de Vresse 1865. Fine. Arnauld de Vresse Paris s. d. circa 1865 18 x 25 cm broché First edition. A pale dampstain to head of the first few pages otherwise a handsome copy. Arnauld de Vresse unknown
1870ref. 40487Paris: Arnaud de Vresse 1870. Fine. Arnaud de Vresse Paris s. d. circa 1870 18.50 x 24.50 cm broché First edition. A small trace of angular fold not serious to head of upper cover. A good copy. Arnaud de Vresse unknown
1854ref. 40350Paris: Victor Lecou 1854. Fine. Victor Lecou Paris 1854-1855 12 x 18.50 cm 2 volumes reliés Edition illustrated with 200 in-text vignettes by Cham. Half Russian green morocco bindings spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments enhanced with gilt and blind typographical motifs gilt dates at foot gilt fillets on marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns top edges gilt. Foxing bookseller's description label pasted on an endpaper of the first volume. Provenance: from the library of Henri Monnier with his bookplate pasted on the verso of the front boards. Victor Lecou hardcover
1855ref. 40189Paris: Aubert & Cie 1855. Fine. Aubert & Cie Paris s. d. circa 1855 10 x 13 cm broché First edition. Illustrated pamphlet with 27 color caricatures. Two small lacks at head and foot of spine light interior foxing stains and two minute holes to rear cover. Rare. Aubert & Cie unknown
1855ref. 40190Paris: Aubert & Cie 1855. Fine. Aubert & Cie Paris s. d. circa 1855 10 x 13 cm broché First edition. Booklet illustrated with 27 black caricatures. Two small lacks at head and foot of spine light interior foxing. Rare. Aubert & Cie unknown
1870ref. 40488Paris: Arnauld de Vresse 1870. Fine. Arnauld de Vresse Paris s. d. circa 1870 18 x 25 cm broché First edition. A good copy. Arnauld de Vresse unknown
ref. EEzz3583Paris Arnauld de Vresse ca. 1850. gr.-4° lithograph. Titelbl. u. 20 num. lithogr. Taf. türkisgrauer OPpbd. lithogr. bedruckt Titelei gold gedr. Rü. u. Kanten berieben Einbd. stellenw. fleckig innen sehr gut. Seltenes frühes Album von Cham. Nicht bei Sander. - Zeigt mittels einer Reise die nationalen Eigenheiten u. sozialen Zustände in Belgien Holland Rußland England Irland und Schottland. Paris, Arnauld de Vresse (ca. 1850). unknown
1848ref. 8973Hand-colored lithograph highlighted with gum arabic. Plate No. 153. Minor foxing and tearing to edges see image. Scarce. 13.75 x 10.75 in Aubert & Cie.
1848ref. 8970Hand-colored lithograph highlighted with gum arabic. Minor foxing to edges and creases to corners see image. Scarce. 10.75 x 13.75 in Aubert & Cie.
1848ref. 8971Hand-colored lithograph highlighted with gum arabic. Minor foxing to edges and a stain to left bottom corner see image. Scarce. 10.75 x 13.75 in Aubert & Cie.
1847ref. 8972Hand-colored lithograph highlighted with gum arabic. Plate No. 20. Minor foxing to edges see image. Stain to rear not affecting front. Scarce. 10.5 x 13.75 in Aubert & Cie.
1850ref. 1278863Paris: Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari 1850's. 8vo.; VG; 3/4 bound in brown leather spine paneled with burgundy label and gilt lettering; repaired with original spine rebacked new label new endpapers; marbled boards; wear to corners rubbing to boards spine; some age-toning to pages; three of the images have been cut out of the Revue Du Salon De 1853. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Column. 1278863. FP New Rockville Stock. Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari unknown books
1850ref. 85595Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1850. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1850 17.50 x 26.50 cm relié Illustrated edition with 20 hors-texte plates as well as numerous drawings in the text by Cham. Half-green morocco-grained shagreen binding smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques six gilt fillets at head and tail of spine spine with some rubbing green cardboard boards with epidermures endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper corners slightly bumped contemporary romantic binding. Foxing. Michel Lévy frères hardcover
1850ref. 1278863Paris: Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari 1850's. 8vo.; VG; 3/4 bound in brown leather spine paneled with burgundy label and gilt lettering; repaired with original spine rebacked new label new endpapers; marbled boards; wear to corners rubbing to boards spine; some age-toning to pages; three of the images have been cut out of the Revue Du Salon De 1853. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Column. 1278863. FP New Rockville Stock. Au Bureau du Journal le Charivari unknown
1850Paris, Michel Levy frère 1850. In-4 relié demi-basane noire, dos lisse avec titre doré. 1 feuillet blanc, faux titre, titre, 625 pages illustrées par CHAM, 1 feuillet blanc. Mouillure angulaire.
1870ref. 47091870. Lithograph. 275mm by 210mm sheet. Signed 'CHAM' in the image. From a series titled 'Actualities' which was published in the French magazine 'Le Charivari'. Text on reverse as issued. CONDITION : Very light folds as issued. Sheet trimmed. Text on reverse shows through slightly. unknown
1853ref. 50251853. Lithograph. 240mm by 333mm sheet. Original lithograph published in Paris 1853. Signed 'CHAM' in the image. Originally published in the French magazine 'Le Charivari'. Text on the reverse. Dentistry interest. CONDITION : light folds. Sheet slightly trimmed. small nick top right corner. Light crease in right margin. Overall toning. unknown
1848ref. 47291848. Lithograph. 305mm by 235mm sheet. Lithograph from 'Le Charivari' 1848. Scenes from the life of Georges Fattet dentist: To the left Napoleon's statue has been replaced by one of Fattet; Top right a satisfied client with two sets of dentures asks for a third; bottom right Fattet is greeted by assistant. CONDITION : faint horizontal crease as issued. Margins slightly trimmed. A couple of foxing spots in the margins. unknown
ref. 06030Paris: Chez Arnauld De Vresse 1851. A Fine Selection of Sixteen Hand Colored Lithographs from Five of Cham's Best Albums CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Album Varié par M.M. Cham Daumier Gavarni et autres Dessinateurs du Charivari. Paris: Chez Arnauld De Vresse ca. 1851. Folio 12 7/8 x 10 inches; 327 x 254 mm. Lithograph title-page and sixteen fine hand colored lithograph plates all heightened with gum arabic. Plate numbers 5 and 8 are duplicates. Publisher's quarter red roan over printed yellow glazed boards front cover neatly repaired at lower corner. With the bookplate of Bernard Mamy on front paste-down. This is a slightly later published assembly of hand colored lithographs by Cham from five of his works: Nos Gentils Hommes 1846; Turlupinades ca. 1850; Moeurs Britanniques ca. 1850; Souvenirs de Garnison ca. 1850 and Moeurs Algeriennes 1844. The Plates: 1. Palsambleu Quél Bon Petit Chic!! - Voilà une rosière comme nous les aimons nous autres gentils-hommes! Palsambleu What a Good Little Chic!! - Here is a rose garden as we like them us other gentlemen! 2. Le Pas Gymnastique. - Je ne suis pas purpris qu'on fasse son chemin dans ce corps. Quand on court si fort on ne doit pas manquer d'arriver. The Gymnastic Step. - I am not surprised that one makes one's way in this body. When one runs so hard one must not fail to arrive. 3. L'Invalide De Chelsea. - Waterloo Waterloo! Mais mon brave homme voici deux heures que vous me rabâchez la même Victoire.à ce compte là combine un Français mettrait-il donc de temps à vous raconteur ses victoires. The Chelsea Invalid. - Waterloo Waterloo! But my good man for two hours you have been harping on about the same Victory. at that rate how long would a Frenchman take to tell you about his victories. 4. Tiens Tiens Elle Était Pressée C'tte Lettre Qué qu'aurait dit ça y a quinze jours qué traine dans ma loge. Well Well Was That Letter In A Hurry What would that have said it's been lying around in my dressing room for two weeks now. 5. Ah! Vous Êtes Ambitieux! Comment! Après quatre ans de surnumérariat vous n'étes pas content!. prenez y garde Mossieu je n'aime pas les intrigans. Ah! You are ambitious! What! After four years of being a surplus you are not happy!. be careful sir I do not like schemers. 6. Oui J'ai Quitté Le Service. - Dans la cavalerie je faisais un métier de cheval l'artillerie est toujours près de ses pieces quant aux équipages ça ne m'allait pas je déteste la train.pour le genie. - Oh! Le genie t'es trop béte pour en avoir c'est clair!. Yes I Left the Service. - In the cavalry I had a horse job the artillery is always near its pieces as for the crews it didn't suit me I hate the train.for the engineers. - Oh! The engineers you're too stupid to have any that's clear!. 7. Non Vous Ne Vous Trompez Pas! C'est bien ici que demeure Mademoiselle Caroline que lui voulez vous je suis son frère. No you are not mistaken! This is where Miss Caroline lives what do you want from her I am her brother. 8. Ah! Vous Êtes Ambitieux! Comment! Après quatre ans de surnumérariat vous n'étes pas content!. prenez y garde Mossieu je n'aime pas les intrigans. DUPLICATE of #5 Ah! You are ambitious! What! After four years of being a surplus you are not happy!. be careful sir I do not like schemers. 9. Le Péage Du Turn-Pike. 3 pences! Allons bon!.j'ai oublié ma bourse.je n'avais plus que dix pas pour arriver et il faut que je retourne chez moi à quatre lieues d'ici!. The Turn-Pike Toll. 3pence! Come come!.I forgot my purse.I had only ten paces to go and I must go home four leagues from here!. 10. M'est avis Jean Piarre que ce beau Monchieu qu'tire le villageen plan est un donneux de sort.y vient p'f ensorceller nos vaches bé sur.attends! attends!. It seems to me Jean Piarre that this handsome Monchieu who draws the village plan is a spell giver. he comes to bewitch our cows of course. wait! wait!. 11. Baragouin Brittannique. Godem! Oha! Frenchman ridiculous costume comical very good Oh Ah! Oh! British gibberish. Godem! Oha! Frenchman ridiculous comical costume very good Oh Ah! Oh! 12. Mœurs Algeriennes. Chinoiseries Turques. Mon tigre a décidement le spleen voilà huit jours qu'il est d'une humeur de dogue faites-moi le plaisir d'entrer dans sa cage et tachez de l'amuser il y va de votre téte. Un aveugle turc. Algerian customs. Turkish chinoiserie. My tiger is definitely feeling down he has been in a dog-like mood for eight days do me the pleasure of entering his cage and try to amuse him it is up to you. A blind Turk. 13. Ces Gueux D'Arabes. - C'est dur tout de méme qu'ils ne veulent pas nous laisser tranquilles chez nous. Those Arab Beggars. - It's hard all the same that they don't want to leave us alone at home. 14. Cap'taine! Y vous va joliment le costume de pekin!. - Oui je suis un peu chiqué n'est-ce pas.hein j'en suis pour plus de 40 francs!. Captain! The Peking costume suits you well!. - Yes I am a bit squeamish aren't I. eh I'm looking at more than 40 francs!. 15. Enfin J'en Tiens Un!. Ils dissent que c'est une maladie qui court une cholerine une bétise. C'est parbleu! Bien le cholera le vrai cholera!. C'est un cas magnifique!!. Finally I Have One!. They say it's a disease that's running around cholera a stupidity. Oh my! Cholera real cholera!. It's a magnificent case!!. 16. Foi De Carrossier. Un homme d'une position aussi élevée que la votre doit avoir la voiture la plus basse possible. Coachbuilder's Faith. A man of such high position as yours must have the lowest possible car. Paris: Chez Arnauld De Vresse, 1851 unknown books
ref. 06867Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1851. The French Take on the British. Fifteen Hilarious Lithographs Caricaturing British Life and Manners CHAM pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé. Mœurs Britanniques. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. n.d. ca. 1850. First edition. Large folio 13 1/4 x 10 inches; 336 x 252 mm. Lithographed pictorial title and fifteen numbered lithographed plates each with printed caption below. Publisher's original cream-colored glazed lithographed boards upper cover reproducing the pictorial title design. A remarkably fine clean and fresh copy. A wonderfully entertaining series of fifteen caricatures devoted entirely to the peculiarities of the British as observed from across the Channel by one of nineteenth-century France's most popular comic artists. Cham turns his irreverent eye upon an extraordinary cross-section of British life and manners: marriage Quakers army recruiting museums philanthropy prize-fighting Scottish dress the national costume incomprehensible English conversation the stocks turnpikes Chelsea pensioners and finally Smithfield Market. The splendid pictorial title sets the tone for the album. The British lion sits beside the Union Jack with a diminutive figure perched upon its mane while immediately before it lies a tied bundle prominently marked "IRLANDE" - a pointed visual joke upon Anglo-Irish relations that would have been immediately recognizable to Cham's contemporary French audience. The individual plates continue the sustained Anglo-French satire. In Un Costume National an elegantly dressed English gentleman encounters a ragged Irishman and asks whether he comes from a hot country to which the latter replies "Non monsieur je suis Irlandais." Baragouin Britannique makes comic capital of the Frenchman's traditional bewilderment at the English language while Les Hauts Grades lampoons the spectacular proportions of British military headgear. Elsewhere Cham takes aim at Quakers army recruiting the English enthusiasm for boxing Scottish national dress philanthropy public punishment toll roads Chelsea pensioners and the notorious livestock market at Smithfield. Taken together the fifteen scenes form a delightful visual survey of British national character institutions dress and customs as perceived through decidedly French eyes. CHAM pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879 was one of the most prolific and popular French caricaturists of the nineteenth century. He published his first book Monsieur Lajaunisse in 1839 and from 1843 contributed regularly to Le Charivari producing thousands of drawings and lithographs satirizing contemporary politics society manners and everyday life. Of Cham Ray notes that several artists "followed in the wake of Daumier and Gavarni. Among the most attractive of the former is Amédée de Noé known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156. Published by Aubert the celebrated Parisian house closely associated with the golden age of French caricature and with such artists as Daumier Gavarni and Grandville Mœurs Britanniques is especially appealing for its sustained concentration upon Britain. Rather than merely including occasional English subjects among a broader collection of social satires Cham devotes the entire album to British manners and national stereotypes. Copies were also produced with the plates colored by hand; Bobins records a colored copy III 842. The present copy is the uncolored issue the lithographs displaying the strength and subtlety of Cham's original draughtsmanship to particularly good effect. The Plates: Une femme bien attachée. Le Quaker. Le Recruteur. Visite au Musée. Mariage d'inclination. Les Hauts grades. Philanthropie. Bien entendue. Les Boxeurs. L'Écossais. Un Costume national. Baragouin Britannique. In the Stocks. Le Péage du turn-pike. L'Invalide de Chelsea. Smithfield Market. A remarkably fine and fresh copy of Cham's delightful visual satire on Britain and the British-fifteen wonderfully observed caricatures ranging from Quakers prize-fighters and Highlanders to Irishmen Chelsea pensioners and the inhabitants of Smithfield Market preserved in the striking original glazed pictorial boards. Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 1700 to 1914 pp. 155-156. Bobins III 842 colored copy. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1851 unknown books
ref. 05954Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1850. Fifteen Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Caricaturing the British CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Mœurs Britanniques. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. n.d. ca. 1850. Large folio 13 1/4 x 10 inches; 336 x 252 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen numbered hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum arabic. Publisher's cream-colored glazed lithographed boards neatly rebacked with cream-colored cloth backstrip. A little bit of marginal soiling. Otherwise a near fine copy. Of Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879 "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156. The Plates: 1. Une femme bien attachée 2. Le Quaker 3. Le Recruteur 4. Visite au Musée 5. Mariage d'inclination 6. Les Hauts grades 7. Philanthropie. Bien entendue 8. Les Boxeurs 9. L'Écossais 10 Un Costume national 11. Baragouin Britannique 12. In the Stocks 13. Le Péage du turn-pike 14. L'Invalide de Chelsea 15. Smithfied Market Bobins III 842. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850 unknown books
ref. 05630Paris: 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 par Cham. Revue Drolatique du Mois. Paris: Lange Lévy et Comp. February - June 1850. Complete with all six of the original front wrappers and the five leaves of advertisements at the end. First edition bound from the original parts. Small folio 11 x 7 7/8 inches; 280 x 200 mm. 1-192 pp. Six full page engraved plates and numerous engravings throughout the text. The six original pictorial front wrappers dated from January thru July 1850 bound in at front. Five leaves of advertisements and one blank bound in at end. Bound by Victor Champs ca. 1900 stamp-signed in black on verso of front free-endpaper. Three quarter red crushed levant morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments cockerel-style endpapers. With the small octagonal bookplate of the celebrated collection of Bibliothèque Antoine Vautier on front paste-down. The commencement of Punch à Paris was in February 1850 and was intended to be a monthly published magazine however in June 1850 after just six issues Punch à Paris had to cease publication "The excessive rigors of the new press law oblige us to suspend our publication". Cham pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879 has collaborated in many satirical newspapers and has also published a number of albums of lithographs or woodcuts. Very comfortable in political and moral caricatures he is one of the first to give stories in drawings that will soon be called comics and as such occupies a key place in the history of comics in France and among the pioneers of the genre. Louis Adrien Huart 1813-1865 was a French journalist writer and theater director. From 1835 he wrote for Le Charivari France's main opposition satirical daily of which he was to become the most assiduous editor. In his literary and theatrical chronicles as well as in his satires of daily political news he constantly approached the legal limit set by censorship without ever exceeding it. Many legends of lithographs by Honoré Daumier came from his pen. Editor-in-chief of Charivari from 1848 he later became its editor until his death. He had the merit of discovering and promoting young talents from the new generation such as Henri Rochefort who without him would have remained a simple employee of the administration. He also wrote the text for several books illustrated by Grandville and Cham. Victor Champs 1844-1912 was one of the most prolific and renowned bookbinders of the late nineteenth century. "His bindings for bibliophiles are sought after by collectors for the good performance of their body of work and the finish of the work. Together with Carayon they were the bookbinders who in relatively simple works summed up the highest degree of perfection of execution." Fléty p.41. Provenance: Bibliothèque Antoine Vautier. One of the great French bibliophiles whose superb collection "Catalogue de Vente aux Encheres" was sold in Paris at Hotel Drouot on April 21st 1971 and on May 11th 1977. Hatin 521. Paris: Lange Lévy et Comp., 1850 unknown books
ref. 05937Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet 1864. Cham's Most Ambitious Sustained Effort. Actualités - 116 Hand Colored Lithographs CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Actualités. A fine collection of one hundred and sixteen hand colored lithograph plates all heightened with gum arabic. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet 1864-1870. A superb collection of one hundred and sixteen 116 original hand-colored lithographs each heightened with gum arabic satirizing the political social and cultural life of France during the reign of Napoleon III and the dawn of the Third Republic. Folio 13 x 9/78 inches; 330 x 250 mm. printed on fine wove paper. Preserved loose as issued without text. Chemised in a half black morocco over red cloth clamshell case spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Cham - the indefatigable caricaturist Amédée de Noé - produced over 40000 drawings in his career but the Actualités series issued in parts throughout the 1860s and early 1870s remains his most ambitious sustained effort. These plates rarely encountered in contemporary hand-colored state brilliantly combine political allegory fashion satire social comedy and fantastical invention. The application of gum arabic provides added brilliance and depth to surfaces such as glassware metallic armor feathers silks and human expressions. Comparable to Daumier in invention but with a lighter more whimsical tone Cham's satires range from the boulevards of Paris to the battlefields of Europe lampooning politicians dandies soldiers and housewives alike. Large groups of Actualités in colored form are of great rarity. A Complete Annotated Inventory of Plates 1-116 is available upon request - each plate is listed with original French caption English translation and a brief thematic note. Annotated Inventory - Cham Actualités Plate 1. Les actualités. - Enfin les chaleurs commencent. - The news. - At last the heat begins. Note: Comic scene of Parisians suffering under the summer sun; satire on the weather obsessions of city life. Plate 2. Un progrès de la civilisation. - L'ombrelle pour chiens. - A progress of civilization. - The parasol for dogs. Note: Satire on bourgeois excesses showing pampered pets being shaded like aristocrats. Plate 3. Politique étrangère. - La France et le Mexique. - Foreign policy. - France and Mexico. Note: Commentary on Napoleon III's disastrous Mexican campaign; allegorical figures of France and Mexico. Plate 4. Les élégances de Paris. - Nouveau chapeau pour dames. - Parisian elegance. - New ladies' hat. Note: Caricature of extravagant women's fashion lampooning oversized hats and crinolines. Plate 5. Actualité militaire. - Toujours prêts! - Military news. - Always ready! Note: Mocking French soldiers' constant drills; humor in exaggerated weaponry and stiff poses. Plate 6. Les plaisirs d'hiver. - Le patinage à la mode. - Winter pleasures. - Skating in fashion. Note: Depicts the Parisian craze for ice-skating; shows fashionable couples more concerned with appearance than skill. Plate 7. Les omnibus parisiens. - Quelle bousculade! - Paris omnibuses. - What a crush! Note: Urban satire of overcrowded public transport; crinolines and top hats colliding inside a carriage. Plate 8. La guerre de 1866. - La Prusse et l'Autriche se disputant l'Italie. - The war of 1866. - Prussia and Austria fighting over Italy. Note: Political cartoon about the Austro-Prussian war; Italy personified as a prize being tugged in opposite directions. Plate 9. Photographie instantanée. - Le portrait en mouvement. - Instant photography. - The moving portrait. Note: Satire of photography's rise in popularity; comic exaggeration of blurred results. Plate 10. Un mal nécessaire. - Le percepteur des contributions. - A necessary evil. - The tax collector. Note: Traditional caricature of the hated taxman; grotesquely portrayed as an unwelcome guest. Plate 11. Actualité parisienne. - Les embarras de voitures. - Paris news. - The traffic jams. Note: Caricature of Haussmann's Paris with elegant carriages and omnibuses locked in chaotic congestion. Plate 12. Un petit malheur. - Le parapluie perdu. - A little misfortune. - The lost umbrella. Note: Everyday humor; the gentleman adrift in the rain without his indispensable umbrella. Plate 13. L'actualité musicale. - Le piano dans tous les salons. - Musical news. - The piano in every salon. Note: Satire on the bourgeois obsession with piano lessons and the noisy spread of amateur music-making. Plate 14. Les plaisirs de campagne. - Le déjeuner sur l'herbe. - Country pleasures. - The picnic. Note: Parody of rustic leisure; exaggerated figures feasting outdoors with comic mishaps. Plate 15. L'exposition universelle. - L'affluence des visiteurs. - The Universal Exhibition. - The crowd of visitors. Note: Commentary on the massive crowds at the Paris World's Fairs; shows confusion and jostling at the gates. Plate 16. La mode d'été. - Robes légères et transparentes. - Summer fashion. - Light and transparent dresses. Note: Satirical view of women's revealing dresses poking fun at modesty versus display. Plate 17. Les embellissements de Paris. - Les fontaines nouvelles. - The embellishments of Paris. - The new fountains. Note: Humor about Haussmann's civic improvements; gawkers admiring lavish public fountains. Plate 18. Actualité de la chasse. - Le gibier rare. - Hunting news. - The rare game. Note: Comic rural hunting scene; hunters proudly displaying ridiculous or unimpressive catches. Plate 19. Le progrès des sciences. - La machine à parler. - Progress in science. - The talking machine. Note: Satire on new inventions; proto-phonograph device humorously misfiring. Plate 20. Les bals masqués. - Quelle méprise! - Masked balls. - What a mistake! Note: Social satire of mistaken identity at costume balls; a common theme in Cham's humor. Plate 21. La guerre future. - Les aérostats militaires. - The future war. - Military balloons. Note: Fantastical vision of aerial warfare; anticipates both science fiction and future military innovations. Plate 22. Actualité mondaine. - Les visites du jour de l'an. - Society news. - New Year's visits. Note: Satire of endless social calls required at New Year; exhausted visitors and hosts alike. Plate 23. Un petit scandale. - La loge indiscrète. - A little scandal. - The indiscreet theater box. Note: Caricature of flirtations and impropriety observed at the opera. Plate 24. Les bains de mer. - Nouvelle distraction de la mode. - Sea bathing. - A new fashionable diversion. Note: Parisian society at the seaside; awkward swimsuits and seaside follies lampooned. Plate 25. Politique intérieure. - Le budget avalé. - Domestic politics. - The swallowed budget. Note: Allegory of the state devouring taxes; ministers pictured literally gobbling up public funds. Plate 26. La photographie en plein air. - Portrait de famille. - Outdoor photography. - Family portrait. Note: Humor on the stiff chaotic poses of families attempting photographs in public parks. Plate 27. L'actualité culinaire. - Les huîtres de la saison. - Culinary news. - The oysters of the season. Note: Satire of Parisian gourmands; a dandy overeats oysters to comic excess. Plate 28. La mode exagérée. - Crinolines impossibles. - Exaggerated fashion. - Impossible crinolines. Note: Caricature of giant hoop skirts blocking doorways and omnibuses. Plate 29. La chasse aux canards. - Un coup manqué. - Duck hunting. - A missed shot. Note: Humorous sporting failure; sportsmen fire in vain while ducks escape. Plate 30. Politique européenne. - La Pologne sacrifiée. - European politics. - Poland sacrificed. Note: Allegorical satire on the partitions and abandonment of Poland by European powers. Plate 31. Les joies du carnaval. - La bataille de confetti. - The joys of carnival. - The confetti battle. Note: Parody of carnival festivities with an explosion of paper masks and chaos. Plate 32. Un accident parisien. - La cheminée qui tombe. - A Paris accident. - The falling chimney. Note: Social humor; pedestrians flee from falling masonry in a crowded street. Plate 33. La pêche miraculeuse. - Rien que des bottes. - The miraculous catch. - Nothing but boots. Note: Satire of amateur fishermen; pulling up rubbish instead of fish. Plate 34. La toilette de bal. - Les corsets nouveaux. - The ball dress. - The new corsets. Note: Fashion caricature; women squeezed to absurd proportions by corsetry. Plate 35. Actualité dramatique. - La tragédie au boulevard. - Dramatic news. - Tragedy on the boulevard. Note: Comic melodrama of fainting women and exaggerated gestures parodying boulevard theater. Plate 36. Le progrès des transports. - Le chemin de fer sous-marin. - Progress in transport. - The submarine railway. Note: Fantastical satire; fish peering into a train carriage beneath the sea. Plate 37. L'actualité domestique. - Le chat gourmand. - Domestic news. - The greedy cat. Note: Comic household scene; pets stealing food from the table. Plate 38. Politique italienne. - Rome toujours attendue. - Italian politics. - Rome always awaited. Note: Allusion to the unresolved "Roman Question" and Italian unification struggles. Plate 39. Les élégances d'hiver. - Les fourrures nouvelles. - Winter elegance. - The new furs. Note: Satire of ladies in enormous fur wraps exaggerating luxury. Plate 40. Les fiacres de Paris. - Voyage mouvementé. - Paris cabs. - A bumpy ride. Note: Comic mishap of passengers being jolted violently in horse-drawn cabs. Plate 41. La guerre des sexes. - Les femmes triomphantes. - The war of the sexes. - Triumphant women. Note: Gender satire; women depicted overpowering their husbands or suitors. Plate 42. Actualité champêtre. - La moisson abondante. - Rural news. - The abundant harvest. Note: Rustic humor; peasants overloaded with giant sheaves of wheat. Plate 43. Les bains publics. - La pudeur compromise. - Public baths. - Modesty compromised. Note: Gentle satire of bathhouses nudity and awkward social mixing. Plate 44. La photographie d'art. - La pose difficile. - Art photography. - The difficult pose. Note: Humor about stiff unnatural posing required for long exposure times. Plate 45. Politique prussienne. - Le casque à pointe envahissant. - Prussian politics. - The invading spiked helmet. Note: Allusion to Prussia's militarism and looming threat in Europe. Plate 46. Actualité financière. - Le spéculateur ruiné. - Financial news. - The ruined speculator. Note: Commentary on stock market speculation and sudden bankruptcies. Plate 47. Les modes extravagantes. - Les paniers gigantesques. - Extravagant fashions. - Gigantic panniers. Note: Satire of revived 18th-century-style hoops blocking entire staircases. Plate 48. Les journaux du matin. - L'abonné impatient. - Morning newspapers. - The impatient subscriber. Note: A bourgeois anxiously waiting for his paper; lampoon of media obsession. Plate 49. Les inondations. - Paris sous l'eau. - The floods. - Paris under water. Note: Satirical exaggeration of floods with citizens floating in bathtubs or boats. Plate 50. Politique espagnole. - Toujours des révolutions. - Spanish politics. - Always revolutions. Note: Allusion to chronic unrest in Spain with revolts and changes of regime caricatured. Plate 51. La guerre en Orient. - Le Turc et le Russe face à face. - War in the East. - The Turk and the Russian face to face. Note: Satire of Russo-Turkish tensions often staged as dueling caricature figures. Plate 52. Les omnibus à impériale. - Les places convoitées. - Double-decker omnibuses. - The coveted seats. Note: Humor on passengers scrambling for seats on the upper deck. Plate 53. La chasse aux mouches. - Inutile précaution. - Fly hunting. - A useless precaution. Note: Domestic humor; clumsy attempts to swat flies exaggerated into chaos. Plate 54. Politique française. - Les orateurs à la tribune. - French politics. - The speakers at the tribune. Note: Ridicule of parliamentary debates with deputies gesturing wildly. Plate 55. Les pêcheurs du dimanche. - Toujours bredouilles. - Sunday fishermen. - Always empty-handed. Note: Gentle mockery of amateur fishermen returning without a catch. Plate 56. Les élégances de bal. - La valse effrénée. - Ballroom elegance. - The frantic waltz. Note: Caricature of fashionable dancing couples whirling to absurd extremes. Plate 57. Politique autrichienne. - Le double aigle embarrassé. - Austrian politics. - The embarrassed double eagle. Note: Satire of Austria's weakness and confusion in European affairs. Plate 58. Le progrès militaire. - Les canons monstrueux. - Military progress. - The monstrous cannons. Note: Exaggerated giant artillery; commentary on the escalating arms race. Plate 59. Les théâtres du boulevard. - Une scène larmoyante. - Boulevard theaters. - A tearful scene. Note: Satire of sentimental stage melodramas with over-acted weeping. Plate 60. Les chapeaux de printemps. - Une pyramide ambulante. - Spring hats. - A walking pyramid. Note: Comic exaggeration of towering women's hats. Plate 61. Actualité nautique. - Le canotage à la mode. - Nautical news. - Rowing in fashion. Note: Parisian society indulging in boating often with comic mishaps. Plate 62. Politique allemande. - L'unité impossible. - German politics. - Unity impossible. Note: Satire on the fragmented German states before unification. Plate 63. Les chiens savants. - Spectacle nouveau. - Trained dogs. - A new show. Note: Humor on performing animals parody of circus spectacles. Plate 64. Les modes d'hiver. - Manches exagérées. - Winter fashions. - Exaggerated sleeves. Note: Fashion satire; sleeves so large they obstruct doorways. Plate 65. La poste aux lettres. - Toujours en retard. - The postal service. - Always late. Note: Complaint about unreliable mail delivery with citizens waiting impatiently. Plate 66. Politique belge. - Le petit royaume menacé. - Belgian politics. - The little kingdom threatened. Note: Satire on Belgium caught between powerful neighbors. Plate 67. Les photographes de campagne. - L'âne indiscret. - Country photographers. - The indiscreet donkey. Note: Comic intrusion of animals into rural photographic sessions. Plate 68. Les loteries. - Le gros lot rêvé. - Lotteries. - Dreaming of the jackpot. Note: Satire on gambling and unrealistic expectations of sudden wealth. Plate 69. La mode des bottines. - Les pieds minuscules. - The fashion of boots. - Tiny feet. Note: Exaggeration of ladies' shoes shrinking feet to absurd proportions. Plate 70. Politique suisse. - Toujours neutre. - Swiss politics. - Always neutral. Note: Humor about Switzerland's perpetual neutrality portrayed as cautious passivity. Plate 71. Les catastrophes de chemin de fer. - Le wagon culbuté. - Railway disasters. - The overturned carriage. Note: Commentary on frequent railway accidents of the era. Plate 72. Les mariages arrangés. - La dot avant tout. - Arranged marriages. - The dowry before all. Note: Social satire on mercenary marriages with grotesquely mismatched couples. Plate 73. La guerre future. - Les cuirassés volants. - The future war. - Flying ironclads. Note: Fantastical vision of airborne warships; parody of military invention. Plate 74. Les excentricités de Paris. - Le promeneur masqué. - Paris eccentricities. - The masked stroller. Note: Humor on fashionable oddities; a man walking the boulevards in disguise. Plate 75. Politique anglaise. - Toujours pragmatique. - English politics. - Always pragmatic. Note: Caricature of Britain as practical and calculating contrasted with continental turmoil. Plate 76. Les modes extravagantes. - Les traînes interminables. - Extravagant fashions. - Endless trains. Note: Satire of impractically long gown trains sweeping the streets. Plate 77. Politique russe. - L'ours toujours menaçant. - Russian politics. - The ever-threatening bear. Note: Symbolic cartoon of Russia's power shown as a hulking bear. Plate 78. Les bains de vapeur. - La sudation universelle. - Steam baths. - Universal perspiration. Note: Gentle parody of spa culture and sweating rooms. Plate 79. Les journaux illustrés. - Les gravures ressemblantes - Illustrated newspapers. - Resembling engravings Note: Satire on crude likenesses in the press. Plate 80. La guerre de l'avenir. - Les soldats mécaniques. - The war of the future. - Mechanical soldiers. Note: Proto-science fiction; caricature of automaton troops. Plate 81. Politique italienne. - Garibaldi impatient. - Italian politics. - Garibaldi impatient. Note: Caricature of Garibaldi waiting for unity depicted restlessly. Plate 82. Les expositions de peinture. - Le tableau incompris. - Art exhibitions. - The misunderstood painting. Note: Comic reactions of the public to modern art. Plate 83. Les élégances de ville. - Le monocle général. - City elegance. - The universal monocle. Note: Satire of dandies and their fashionable monocles. Plate 84. La guerre maritime. - Les torpilles nouvelles. - Naval war. - The new torpedoes. Note: Exaggerated inventions in naval warfare. Plate 85. Les modes enfantines. - Les poupées vivantes. - Children's fashions. - Living dolls. Note: Children dressed in absurdly adult styles. Plate 86. Politique espagnole. - Toujours des pronunciamientos. - Spanish politics. - Always pronunciamientos. Note: Commentary on Spain's frequent military coups. Plate 87. Les amateurs de curiosités. - La collection encombrante. - Collectors of curiosities. - The cumbersome collection. Note: Lampoon of obsessive collecting cabinets overflowing with oddities. Plate 88. La guerre future. - Les canons volants. - Future war. - Flying cannons. Note: Fantastical satire of airborne artillery. Plate 89. Les modes d'hiver. - Les bonnets astronomiques. - Winter fashions. - Astronomical bonnets. Note: Giant headwear likened to celestial globes. Plate 90. Politique française. - Le budget en équilibre. - French politics. - The balanced budget. Note: Irony on the impossibility of balancing state finances. Plate 91. Les excentricités de la science. - L'homme volant. - Scientific eccentricities. - The flying man. Note: Parody of early aviation experiments. Plate 92. Les élégances champêtres. - Les ombrelles en fleurs. - Rural elegance. - Parasols of flowers. Note: Fanciful fashion plates turned comic. Plate 93. Politique prussienne. - Le casque à pointe triomphant. - Prussian politics. - The triumphant spiked helmet. Note: Symbolic of Prussia's victories in the late 1860s. Plate 94. Les amateurs de pêche. - Toujours la même histoire. - Fishing enthusiasts. - Always the same story. Note: Fishermen exaggerating their catch. Plate 95. Les élégances du bal. - Les plumes interminables. - Ballroom elegance. - Endless feathers. Note: Mockery of plumed headpieces colliding in the ballroom. Plate 96. Politique anglaise. - Le lion flegmatique. - English politics. - The phlegmatic lion. Note: Britain personified as calm and calculating. Plate 97. La guerre future. - Les fusées intelligentes. - Future war. - Intelligent rockets. Note: Satirical anticipation of guided missiles. Plate 98. Les promenades au bois. - Les élégances en voiture. - Walks in the Bois. - Elegant carriages. Note: Satire of the fashionable promenade at the Bois de Boulogne. Plate 99. Politique autrichienne. - L'aigle à deux têtes affamé. - Austrian politics. - The hungry double-headed eagle. Note: Austria depicted as weakened and needy. Plate 100. Les élégances de théâtre. - Les lorgnettes indiscrètes. - Theater elegance. - Indiscreet opera glasses. Note: Comic intrusion of spying spectators. Plate 101. Les modes d'été. - Les robes ballons. - Summer fashions. - Balloon dresses. Note: Crinolines rendered as literal balloons floating upward. Plate 102. Politique belge. - Le petit royaume entre géants. - Belgian politics. - The little kingdom among giants. Note: Belgium squeezed between Prussia and France. Plate 103. Les nouvelles inventions. - La machine à laver automatique. - New inventions. - The automatic washing machine. Note: Satirical exaggeration of mechanical household devices. Plate 104. Les modes excentriques. - Les coiffures pyramides. - Eccentric fashions. - Pyramid hairstyles. Note: Hair piled absurdly high. Plate 105. Politique française. - Le peuple et les impôts. - French politics. - The people and the taxes. Note: Grotesque allegory of taxpayers crushed under burdens. Plate 106. Les sports modernes. - Le vélocipède triomphant. - Modern sports. - The triumphant velocipede. Note: Early cycling craze mocked. Plate 107. Politique suisse. - Toujours entre deux chaises. - Swiss politics. - Always between two chairs. Note: Satire on neutrality and indecision. Plate 108. Les élégances nouvelles. - Le chapeau parapluie. - New elegance. - The umbrella-hat. Note: Fanciful hybrid fashion accessory. Plate 109. La guerre future. - Les soldats sous-marins. - Future war. - Submarine soldiers. Note: Imaginary underwater infantry. Plate 110. Politique italienne. - Rome encore promise. - Italian politics. - Rome again promised. Note: Delay of Rome's incorporation into Italy. Plate 111. Les élégances parisiennes. - Le chien bijou. - Parisian elegance. - The jewel-dog. Note: Fashionable women carrying jewel-bedecked pets. Plate 112. Les inventions nouvelles. - Le lit automatique. - New inventions. - The automatic bed. Note: Parody of "labor-saving" contraptions. Plate 113. Politique européenne. - Le congrès confus. - European politics. - The confused congress. Note: Delegates at a European congress portrayed in disarray. Plate 114. Les modes extravagantes. - Les jupons volants. - Extravagant fashions. - Flying petticoats. Note: Satire of undergarments turned into absurd balloons. Plate 115. Les catastrophes parisiennes. - La maison qui s'écroule. - Paris disasters. - The collapsing house. Note: Humor on urban accidents during Haussmann's works. Plate 116. La guerre future. - Le globe terrestre fortifié. - Future war. - The fortified globe. Note: Finale vision of Earth itself as a fortress; ultimate parody of militarism. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet, 1864 unknown books
ref. 05552Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères 1860. Oh What Fun To Travel! Not In Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères n.d. ca. 1860. First edition. Folio 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261 mm. Hand colored pictorial lithographed title and twenty hand colored lithographed plates with sixty-two humorous scenes with captions limning the downside to travel. Publishers dark brown patterned cloth front cover decoratively lettered in gilt spine slightly faded. Pictorial title a little foxed in blank margins otherwise clean. Extremities of spine and corners expertly restored front free endpaper replaced. An excellent example of a rather scarce Cham title. Only eight copies in institutional holdings worldwide. No copies have come to auction since ABPC began indexing results in 1923. Of Amédée de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156. CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé 1818-1879. French caricaturist and lithographer published his first book Monsieur Lajeunesse in 1839 and from 1843 began to be regularly published in illustrated magazines such as Le Charivari which in 1835 focused primarily on publishing satires of everyday life thereafter becoming one of the most popular of French caricaturists through entertaining storybooks such as this work which satirized 'jokes in poor taste.' Several artists "followed in the wake of Daumier and Gavarni. Among the most attractive of the former is Amédéé de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156. Cham had contacts with English artists many of whom had trained on the Continent most in company with English artist and follower of the pioneering German lithographer Alois Senefelder. Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860 unknown books