1856rif. 15810Paris: Au Bureau du Journal les Modes Parisiennes 1856. Softcover. g. Folio. Unpaginated. Original wrappers with gold lettering on cover. 12 stunning color steel-plate engravings by A. Portier. The plates show females with costumes worn in Paris in the 1850's. Each plate is protected by a tissue guard. The author Paul Gavarni 1804-1866 also known as Sulpice-Guillaume Chevalier Gavarni was a French Realist engraver. Staining creasing and abrasion to wrappers. Minor waterstaining to part of tope edge on 4 pages not affecting plates. Text in French. Wraps in good- interior in very good condition. Rare. Au Bureau du Journal les Modes Parisiennes unknown books
1842rif. 1941842. Lithograph. Armelhault & Bocher 34 iii/v. On chine appliqué. Image: 8 x 6¼. 225 x 156mm. Margins: 12 x 9 . Foxing in margins. Prov. I. Curmer with his stamp. A charming portrait at age 38 of the greatest French lithographer after Daumier of the 19th century. A prolific illustrator he depicted all facets of the French Bourgeois life in newspapers and periodicals. Signed in the plate. books
rif. 692Stanford. Stanford University Museum 1970. 4to. in good condition. Standard Art Book 12. unknown books
1857rif. 918P52Paris: Paulin et Lechevalier 1857. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Paul Gavarni. The first edition of this comical series of witty caricatures by Paul Gavarni in the original French. The first edition.In the original French.Bound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Original wraps are bound in. A comical work by Paul Gavarni containing a series of small caricature engravings alongside witty commentary on the personalities of those depicted. Subjects illustrated included artrices lorettes gentilshommes etudiants artistes and more. Paul Gavarni was a French illustrator the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier. He is known for his sharp and witty drawings contributed to magazines such as 'Journal des Modes' and 'Le Charivari'.Bookplate of Ruben J. Dussaut to the front paste down. Four pages of adverts to the rear. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally smart. Small patch of worming to the front joint. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Spine is faded. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spots to the fore edge. Front hinge is starting a little but remains firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Very Good Paulin et Lechevalier hardcover
1924rif. 28397AB1924. Paris H. Floury 1924. 4°. IX 1 214 2 S. 1 Bl. Mit 1 farb. Portrait zahlr. Tafeln u. Textillustr. nach Gemälden u. Graphiken von Gavarni. Leinenbd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Deckel- u. Rückenschild leicht berieben. Orig.-Broschur miteingebunden. unknown
1868rif. 5197BB1868. Paris Librairie du Figaro 1868. 8°. 1 Bl. 352 S. 1 Bl. Mit 1gest. Portrait 1 Frontispiz u. zahlr. Textholzstichen von Paul Gavarni. Lederband der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung und dreis. Goldschnitt berieben. Durchgehend stockfleckig. unknown
1845rif. 1379DB1845. 4 Bde. Paris Paulin 1845. 4°. 4 331 S.; 4 332 S.; 4 327 S.; 4 352 S. Mit 83 Tafeln u. zahlr. Textillustr. nach Paul Gavarni u. 1 gest. gef. Karte. Lederbde. d. Zt. mit Rückenvergoldung berieben u. bestossen. Vicaire 687. - Erste illustrierte Ausgabe des erstmals 1844 erschienenen Werks des franz. Schriftstellers Eugène Sue eig. Marie-Joseph Sue 1804-1857 der vor allem durch "Les mystères de Paris" berühmt wurde. - Mit Besitzerstempel auf fl. Vorsatz. Vorsätze leimschattig. Stellenweise stockfleckig. unknown
1864rif. 5940BB1864. Paris aux bureaux du Figaro et de l'Autographie 1864. Folio. 140 S. Mit zahlr. Textillustr. nach Holzschnitten von Gavarni. Halbleinenbd. d. frühen 20. Jahrh. leicht berieben u. bestossen. Eine von mehreren Auflagen der grossformatige Ausgabe. - Stockfleckig. unknown
1852rif. 28466AB1852. Paris Imp. Lemercier 1852. Gr.-4°. 12 lithographierte Tafeln nach Gavarni. Leinenband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Deckeltitel fleckig berieben und bestossen. Lipperheide II Xe 238. Diese Folge von 12 Lithographien erschien für die Zeitschrift "l'Eclair" 1842-1843. - Im Falz gebrochen. Kleiner Buchhandlungskleber verso fliegendem Vorsatz. Durchgehend stärker stockfleckig und mit Wasserfleck am oberen Blattrand. unknown
1850rif. 91065Paris: G. de Gonet 1850. Fine. G. de Gonet Paris 1850 S.d 18.80 x 27.80 cm ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND Edition originale exemplaire du tirage de luxe illustré d'un frontispice et de 16 planches rehaussées finement à l'aquarelle de Gavarni gravées sur acier par Geoffroy dans d'élégants encadrements découpés en dentelles et montés sur papier rose. Impression sur beau velin. Reliure en plein cartonnage historié de l'éditeur gardes et contreplats de papier jaune d'origine un peu salis en marge coins inférieurs émoussés coiffes frottées avec d'infimes manques à la percaline. Rousseurs. Bel exemplaire. Les textes de Méry sont des nouvelles autour d'une pierre précieuse ou d'un bijou. Les gravures illustrent divers parements féminins dans le premier volume autour des joyaux perle reliquaire pendentif rosaire saphir bracelet. dans le second volume le châle le manchon la mantille le turban le bouquet la couronne. G. de Gonet unknown
1851rif. 88076Paris: L. Curmer& V. Lecou 1851. Fine. L. Curmer & V. Lecou Paris 1851 19 x 28.50 cm relié Edition illustrated with 8 hors-texte color plates under tissue guards with captions as well as 150 wood engravings in the text after Adolphe Steinheil Ernest Meissonier Paul Gavarni Charles-François Daubigny and Hercule Louis Catenacci. Discreet pen annotations by a previous owner in upper left corner of one endpaper. Half green morocco-grained shagreen binding with corners spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs marbled paper boards combed paper endpapers and pastedowns top edge gilt binding signed by Mercier. Handsome copy attractively presented. L. Curmer& V. Lecou hardcover
rif. 1J8750Lévy Paris 1881. 215 S. mit 100 Abb. original Leinen-Einband mit reichem Buchschmuck quart etwas berieben bestoßen und fleckig/Rücken eingerissen/fachgerecht neu aufgebunden. - Introduction par Ludovic Halévy / Text französisch - unknown
rif. 1291aaAubert & Cie Paris um 1840. Maße: ca. 175 cm x 21 cm im Passepartout gering gebräunt. - Aus der Reihe: Les petits malheurs du bonheur No. 1 - unknown
rif. 1292aaAubert & Cie Paris um 1840. Maße: ca. 165 cm x 215 cm im Passepartout gering gebräunt. - Aus der Reihe: Impressions de menage No. 16 - unknown
1845rif. 85453Paris: Paulin 1845. Fine. Paulin Paris 1845 18.50 x 27.50 cm 4 volumes reliés en 2 First edition superbly illustrated by Gavarni with 83 hors-texte plates as well as 600 in-text vignettes. Between pages 254-255 of the third volume our copy is complete with the folding map showing the Progressive March of Cholera Morbus in Asia and Europe from 1817 to 1832. Half-brown shagreen bindings spines slightly faded with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Some foxing as usual. Le juif errant is one of the greatest bestsellers of the 19th century published just after Les mystères de Paris. To the narrative qualities of Les mystères de Paris Le juif errant adds the intervention of the supernatural and the fantastic represented by the legendary vagabond who gives his name to the book. Preceded by cholera which inspired Eugène Sue to write anthology pages the legendary Jew returns from beyond the seas and beyond the centuries to prevent the Society of Jesus from seizing a fabulous fortune by eliminating its heirs one by one. Le juif errant being an adventure novel taking place in the four corners of the world. It triggered an anti-Jesuit movement in France. If Eugène Sue is more or less forgotten today he was not only one of the most famous novelists of the 19th century but the most read in Europe and even Dostoevsky was a regular reader of his work. Few writers of this era benefited from the editorial qualities demonstrated by Les mystères de Paris and Le juif errant abundantly and superbly illustrated. He was Dumas's main competitor and the latter thought he would even outlive him. Paulin hardcover
1864rif. 865291864. Fine. 1864 14.50 x 22.20 cm une feuille Original drawing attributed to Gavarni created for the carnival series. This drawing indeed appears engraved in the published album Gens de Paris Carnaval 1864 and reprinted in the second printing of Le Diable à Paris in 1868. We provide a photograph of the engraving in the description. Hatching drawing technique which allows faithful reproduction by the engraver and often used by Gavarni. One card sheet. Mounting traces on verso. Ensemble lightly browned. unknown
1845rif. 300821845. Paris J. Hetzel 1845. Un fort vol. au format in-4 265 x 188 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice grav n.fol. xxxii - 380 pp. Reliure de l'poque de demi-veau olive dos nerfs orn de filets gras en noir doubles filets dors roulette dore sur les nerfs piÂce de titre de maroquin rouille titre dor filet en pointills dors en tÂte et queue tranches mouchetes. Edition originale agrmente de trÂs nombreuses gravures sur bois dans le texte venant illustrer cette vasque fresque de Paris et des Parisiens sous le 2nd Empire. Le texte trÂs vari est d aux plus grands crivains de l'poque. Un des plus clÂbres illustrs de la priode romantique. Lequel ''ne devait comprendre l'origine qu'un seul volume''. in Carteret. Il sera suivi en 1846 par la parution d'un second ouvrage formant le complment du prsent volume. Vicaire III Manuel du Libraire et de l'amateur de livres 242-243 ; Brivois Bibliographie des ouvrages illustrs du XIXÂme siÂcle 124-128 ; Carteret III Le Trsor du bibliophile romantique et moderne pp. 203-207. Quelques altrations superficielles affectant la reliure. Quelques rousseurs dans le texte. Deux feuillets prsentent quelques tches claires. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1837rif. 86929Paris: Galerie Vero Dodat 1837. Fine. Husbands Wives and Le Charivari Galerie Vero Dodat Paris 1837 25.50 x 35.50 cm relié Rare complete suite of Gavarnis eighteen lithographs for Les Maris vengés published in Paris by Aubert in 1837-1838 here expanded to twenty-one sheets by the presence of three plates in two states; the second state is coloured while the third of these plates also appears in two differently hand-coloured impressions. Eight lithographs are therefore hand-coloured in all. To complete the series the collector had to use for plates nos. 13 14 and 16 the impressions published in Le Charivari. All bear Auberts address at the Galerie Véro-Dodat and are numbered from 1 to 18 except for one plate numbered by hand and the final plate which is unnumbered. Modern boards made in imitation of a period binding in half green cloth the glazed cloth sides with multiple blind borders title gilt to spine and upper board. Eight prints are mounted on leaves matching the size of the largest loose plates. Browning to nos. 1 and 4; the remaining impressions are fresh and on stout paper except for those extracted from Le Charivari. An attractive copy. Published by the house of Aubert founded in 1829 in the Galerie Véro-Dodat by Gabriel Aubert brother-in-law and associate of Charles Philipon the series belongs to the period in which the firm through La Caricature and then Le Charivari became one of the principal centres of graphic satire in Paris. Gavarni quickly established a tone of his own there; less monumental than Daumier more attentive to gestures glances and small social cruelties he made relations between men and women one of his most fertile subjects. In Les Maris vengés adultery suspicion jealousy and marital revenge unfold across eighteen scenes of manners culminating in the final plate Conclusion et Morale devoted to an accusation of adultery. Gavarni is less interested in scandal itself than in the telling detail; the satire often turns on a phrase a pose or some slight reversal by which husband wife or lover suddenly becomes trapped in the role he thought he controlled. The series appeared at the same time as the first Fourberies de femmes en matière de sentiment and several years before the Lorettes; it belongs to those years in which Gavarni through the pages of Le Charivari established an entire theatre of Parisian private life with its arrangements pretences and settling of accounts. Gathered here with impressions in several states and three plates taken directly from Le Charivari the series passes from satirical newspaper to collectors suite without losing the bite of scenes first conceived to appear at the rhythm of the press. Galerie Vero Dodat hardcover
1840rif. 84312Paris: Léopold Pannier et Cie 1840. Fine. Stunning and rare suite by a great illustrator from the Romantic era Léopold Pannier et Cie Paris s. d. 1840-1850 25.50 x 34.50 cm 25 lithographies reliées en un volume First collective edition of this complete series of 25 original lithographed plates printed on thick vellum. Mounted engravings preceded by a title page bringing together three series: Souvenirs de Carnaval 6 plates Les bals masqués 7 plates Costumes historiques 12 plates. Each of these series first appeared in other journals: under the title 'Souvenirs de Carnaval' in Ritner et Goupil 'Les bals masqués' in La Caricature and 'Costumes historiques' in Charivari. Engravings in third state according to Vicaire. Some foxing. Red half straight-grained morocco Bradel binding smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt with a rich ornamentation of repeated floral motifs marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers binding signed Victor Champs. Very rare collection in a deluxe edition printed on thick vellum elegantly bound. Léopold Pannier et Cie hardcover
1839rif. 82101Paris: Imprimerie d'Aubert 1839. Fine. Imprimerie d'Aubert Paris s. d. 1839 26.40 x 34.50 cm une feuille Original lithograph heightened in colors and gum arabic for Le Charivari printed on fine paper. Armelhaut and Bocher 904. Plate uniformly shaded. Imprimerie d'Aubert unknown
1850rif. 79132Paris: G. de Gonet 1850. Fine. G. de Gonet Paris s. d. 1850 18 x 27 cm relié First edition and first issue illustrated with 16 hors-texte engravings by Paul Gavarni engraved on steel by Charles Geoffroy and heightened in colors. Each plate features lace-cut decorative borders standing out against a pink paper background. Publisher's full pictorial boards original yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns somewhat soiled at margins as usual. Some corners slightly rubbed as well as the headcaps; rear joint very slightly opened. Scattered foxing more pronounced on certain leaves. Very handsome publication preserved in its romantic pictorial boards. G. de Gonet hardcover
1850rif. 79613Paris: G. de Gonet 1850. Fine. G. de Gonet Paris 1850 S.d 18.80 x 27.80 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition illustrated with a repeated frontispiece and 30 plates by Gavarni engraved on steel by Geoffroy. Printed on fine vellum. Copy from the deluxe issue with plates finely heightened in watercolor; These engravings are presented in very beautiful frames with lace-cut margins. Illustrated orange-tinted covers preserved spine and back covers with advertisements also preserved. Half lemon yellow morocco binding with corners late 19th century. Spine with false raised bands richly decorated with roses in compartments ornamented with stars and other decorations. Red morocco title labels second title labels in soft green shagreen. Some rubbing. Small brown spots on the leather of the upper cover. Uncut copy shorter titles in margins. Some occasional foxing. Handsome copy. Méry's texts are short stories centered around a precious stone or jewel. The engravings illustrate various feminine adornments in the first volume around jewels pearl reliquary pendant rosary sapphire bracelet. in the second volume shawl muff mantilla turban bouquet crown. G. de Gonet hardcover
1840rif. 77055Paris: Léon Curmer 1840. Fine. Léon Curmer Paris 1840-1842 18 x 26.50 cm 11 volumes reliés Les Français peints par eux-mêmes. Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle Le Prisme with Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes The French painted by themselves The English painted by themselves Léon Curmer Paris 1840-1842 18 x 265 cm 11 volumes in half morocco First edition one of the grand papier deluxe copies with two states of the illustrations for the 8 volumes of Les Français peints par eux-mêmes: one in black on tinted paper and one enhanced by hand using the so-called coloris gommé technique with watercolour and varnish on white paper. Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes includes the engravings in black. No deluxe copies in colour have been made for this rare set of Les Français. Bound in half brown morocco spine in five compartments enhanced with stipple engraving and double gilt panels richly decorated with gilt floral motifs framing a mosaic medallion of green morocco with a gilt rose stamped in the center cartouches at the top decorated with a gilt garland framing the place and publication date some light minor rubbing on some compartments gilt fillets on the marbled paper boards comb-patterned endpapers top edges gilt. Elegant late nineteenth century bindings signed Durvand-Thiret. Complete with all engravings along with added engravings i.e. 930 engravings including 415 in colour. Title pages dated 1841 for all volumes of Les Français except for volume 5 of Les Parisiens and volume 3 of La Province dated 1842. Les Français peints par eux-mêmes has 415 engravings in black including that of Napoleon on horseback instead of the 405 announced and 415 in colour including a double page map of France in volume III of the Province. The English volume illustrated by Kenny Meadous is complete with 100 plates in black. This unique set contains in total almost a thousand black and coloured engravings and more than 1500 in-text illustrations. Famous gallery of woodcut portraits depicting the social classes of the 19th century by the greatest artists of the time: Gavarni Daumier Delacroix Grandville Johannot Bellangé Charlet Daubigny etc. The portraits are all accompanied by original texts from the most famous Romantic authors including: Balzac Nodier Gautier Nerval Gozlan Janin Karr etc. Scarce foxing affecting mainly the Prism and the Anglais. The texts and illustrations of the book paint a lively picture of inhabitants and their trade in metropolitan France and its colonies. It sets the tone for panoramic literature a new genre coined by Walter Benjamin in Charles Baudelaire. A lyric poet at the height of capitalism. In addition to these portraits of the Français the contribution of a whole areopagus of great and small authors and illustrators S. Le Men La 'littérature panoramique' dans la genèse de la Comédie Humaine: Balzac et Les Français peints par eux-mêmes L'Année balzacienne 2002/1 No. 3 CAIRN includes some of the most renowned authors and cartoonists of the time each of whom made an original creation for the project. This protean fresco was directed by editor Léon Curmer already known for the publishing success of Paul et Virginie between 1836 and 1838. Curmer is represented here by an article L'éditeur in volume IV written by Elias Regnault. The latter takes example in Louis-Sebastien Mercier's Tableau de Paris published in 1781 whose vision is even further extended by the representation of French provinces in Les Français. Thanks to Curmer the work finds an even deeper meaning: the editor has widened his frame and instead of letting a few fleeting portraits get lost in the immense daily whirlwind that engulfs all things he has sought to bring together the most salient physiognomies of that time. S. Le Men Ibid. Curmer selected the authors and illustrators closest to the ones they depict: It is therefore a question of calling upon authors and illustrators who are wel Léon Curmer hardcover
1850rif. 77587Paris: G. de Gonet 1850. Fine. G. de Gonet Paris 1850 S.d 19 x 28.50 cm relié First edition illustrated with a repeated frontispiece and 30 steel-engraved plates by Gavarni engraved by Geoffroy on China paper laid down. Printed on fine white wove paper. Blue or neutral tissue guards. Illustrated orange-tinted covers preserved spine and back covers with advertisements also preserved. Half lavender morocco binding with corners and long grain signed Mercier 1920 at the top of the first endpaper in Romantic style. Spine with false raised bands richly decorated with two complex mirrored tools in each compartment blind fillets and rolls on the bands. Separation fillets on the boards. Uncut copy full-margined. Perfect paper freshness. Light rubbing traces impact at foot of the Parures volume with a dent of 0.8cm. Very handsome copy rare in this condition. Blue leather bookplate P. Villeboeuf with his gilt monogram also at top of pastedowns. Méry's texts are short stories centered around a precious stone or jewel. G. de Gonet hardcover
1845rif. 78015Paris: Hetzel 1845. Fine. Hetzel Paris 1845-1848 17.70 x 26.80 cm 4 volumes reliés First edition and first printing of the engravings. Contributions by Théophile Gautier Laurent-Jan Léon Gozlan Auguste Lireux and Jules Hetzel under the pseudonym P.-J. Stahl among others. Contemporary publisher's binding in full black shagreen. Smooth spine decorated with 3 ornate compartments blind and gilt fillets. Large rocaille composition on boards thick triple fillet frame. Interior frieze. White watered silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Perimeter of watered silk endpapers brown-stained. Tailcap of volume 2 with a loss. Traces of rubbing. Thin scratch on the upper board of volume 1 lower board of volume 2. Some very occasional foxing on clean white paper. The binder inverted volumes 1 and 2 and volumes 3 and 4 the error stemming from the fact that the 4 series are not numbered by volume. Very handsome copy. Work illustrated with a general frontispiece 14 vignettes including one repeated and 320 plates all wood-engraved. References: Vicaire III 953-955; Brivois pp.168-171; Carteret III-260-264: ""Cet ouvrage est fort rare en belle condition."" Remarkable copy of superb freshness in full contemporary Romantic binding. Hetzel hardcover
