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1801ref. 146541801. WEBSTER NOAH. The Prompter: A Commentary on Common Sayings and Subjects which are Full of Common Sense the Best Sense in the World. N.p.: Printed in the year 1801. 24mo. 86 p. A complete but rough copy lacking spine covering and rear board original front board damaged scattered dampstaining and occasional moderate browning fore-edge of D4-5 closely cropped but without loss. Neat contemporary printed book label of Elizabeth Van Liew on front pastedown and gift inscription to John P. Van Liew. A scarce early American printing of this great Webster favorite unrecorded in S&S. Skeel Noah Webster 681 records copies at MWA imperf IU and NNC. unknown books
1867ref. 17461867. SCHENCK NOAH HUNT. Epochs of Transition. An Oration Delivered before the American Whig and Cliosophic Societies of the College of New Jersey . June 26th 1866. Philadelphia 1867. 53 p. Wrappers. unknown books
1828ref. 375728New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe-New Haven 1828. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait. 962 ff. signed: A B-K including I and J1-113 in 4s 114 in 2; π2 first leaf is a blank 1-115 in 4s 116 in 2. 2 vols. Large thick 4to. Half-bound tan calf and marbled paper boards stamped in gilt on spines; front and rear boards rubbed at centers with light overall shelf wear to edges; exterior spines cracked along edges and split at top rear of vol. 1 and bottom front of vol. 2; tissue guard at frontispiece foxed with some transfer to facing pages; interiors otherwise clean. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait. 962 ff. signed: A B-K including I and J1-113 in 4s 114 in 2; π2 first leaf is a blank 1-115 in 4s 116 in 2. 2 vols. Large thick 4to. Webster's landmark achievement the most important American dictionary of prime importance as an early effort toward mass education eventually placing correct spelling and usage at the fingertips of the ordinary American citizen. This two-volume quarto unabridged dictionary represents the culmination of Webster's indefatigable dedication to providing his country with its first comprehensive modern dictionary. "Webster set a new standard for etymological investigation and for accuracy of definition 'a born definer of words' - Sir James Murray and included 70000 words as against the 58000 of any previous dictionary. The edition was 2500 copies and the price $20.00" Carpenter. "Webster was an ardent nationalist and he wanted to stress the political separation from England by the cultivation of a separate American language" PMM. Skeel 583; Grolier American 100 #36; PMM 291; Sabin 102335 Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe-New Haven unknown books
1819ref. 1266971819. First Edition. NOAH Mordecai M. Travels in England France Spain and the Barbary States in the Years 1813-14 and 15. New-York; London: C. Kirk and Mercein; John Miller 1819. Octavo contemporary marbled boards rebacked in period style speckled calf-gilt red morocco spine label uncut. $3400.First edition of this fascinating travelogue by Mordecai Manuel Noah the most prominent Jew in America at the timeÑU.S. Consul to Tunis the first American Jew to receive an overseas diplomatic assignmentÑillustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait and four engraved plates one folding. An excellent uncut copy in contemporary marbled boards.One of the early American republic's most influential Jews Mordecai Noah 1785-1851 was a journalist editor of New York newspaper The National Advocate publisher of the New York Enquirer and a community activist. He held the position of United States Consul to Tunis in 1816 was the sheriff of New York in 1821 the Surveyor of the Port from 1829-33 and a judge of the Court of General Sessions in 1841. He is perhaps most remembered as the originator of the ambitious though never-realized Ararat Project on Grand Island near Niagara Falls in 1825Ña proposed utopian city of refuge for persecuted European Jews. ""In 1813 Noah became U.S. Consul to Tunis. The government hoped that he would be able to forge special ties with influential Jews in North Africa and entrusted him with an additional secret mission: to devise a 'means for the liberation' of 11 captive American seamen in Algiers. Noah's efforts to free American captives were mostly unsuccessful. Only two seamen were released the ransom paid was excessive and the secret agent Noah appointed Richard R. Keene turned out to have an unsavory past. Although Noah carried out his other consular duties successfully and also established ties with local Tunis Jews Secretary of State James Monroe recalled him in 1815É In the wake of the recall Noah published Correspondence and Documents 1816 in his own defense followed by Travels in England France Spain and the Barbary States 1819 his most important book. It describes his experiences abroad and contains valuable information on early 19th-century Tunisian Jewry"" ANB. The appendix includes letters from Thomas Jefferson John Adams James Madison and John Quincy Adams addressed to Noah. Rosenbach American Jewish Bibliography 205. Frontispiece and one plate ""Merchant Slave & Arab"" with expertly repaired margins not affecting image or text. Light foxing to text. A nicely refurbished uncut copy in contemporary marbled boards. hardcover books
1790ref. 371006Boston: Printed .for the author by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. At Faust's Statue no. 45 Newbury Street 1790. First Edition. xvi 1-414pp. 8vo. Later brown cloth inner hinge of title-page strengthened. First Edition. xvi 1-414pp. 8vo. "Early example of phonetic spelling" - Howes W203; Skeel 745; Evans 23053; Sabin 102344 Printed ...for the author, by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. At Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street unknown books
1876ref. 339724Brooklyn NY: Privately Printed 1876. 16 leaves printed recto only final leaf blank. 4to. Wrappers. 16 leaves printed recto only final leaf blank. 4to. Privately Printed unknown books
1839ref. 370306New Haven: Printed by S. Babcock 1839. First edition. 39 1pp. 12mo. Publisher's stitched wrappers upper wrapper chipped with minor losses. Minor foxing. First edition. 39 1pp. 12mo. "Language in man is next to reason the grand characteristic by which he is distinguished from the brutes" p. 3. Webster's oration largely concerns the field of etymology about which gives many examples concluding that the "evils proceeding from the improper use of words are greater than men generally suppose" p. 31. Scarce in commerce. Garner Taming the Tongue 88; Sabin 102371; Skeel 716 Printed by S. Babcock unknown books
1926ref. 333084Buenos Aires: Ediciones de Nosotros 1926. First edition. 603 2. Errata sheet present at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Later green cloth preserving front wrapper. Fine. First edition. 603 2. Errata sheet present at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Compendium of twentieth century Argentinian poets including Leopoldo Lugones Enrique Banchs Evaristo Carriego Fernández Moreno Martínez Estrada A. Storni Jorge Luis Borges Córdova Iturburu Oliverio Girondo González Tuñón Ricardo Güiraldes Francisco López Merino Leopoldo Marechal Conrado Nalé Roxlo Horacio Rega Molina etc. Borges appears at pp. 453-9 and has contributed a biographical notice later collected in in Textos recobrados 1919-1929 p. 234. Ediciones de Nosotros unknown books
1561ref. 677551561. 2nd & last edition. 2nd & last edition. Fascinating Sixteenth-Century Digest of Land and Hunting Laws: 1 Copy of This Edition Located in North America Meurer Noe 1525-1583. Spangenberg Cyriacus 1528-1604. Von Forstlicher Oberherrligkeit und Gerechtigkeit Was die Recht Der Gebrauch Und die Billigkeit Desshalben Vermog. Item: Von dem Waren Oder Gerechten Rechten Der Teutschen Gerechtigkeit Aequitate Oder Billigkeit Wie und Wenn die von Einem Jeden Gerechten und Nit zu Strengen Richter Nach Gestalt und Gelegenheit Furfallender Ungleicher Fall und Sachen Zuhalten Und Darnach zu Urteilen Sey. Alles Beschriben durch den Hochgelehrten Noe Meurer. Auch vom Rechtmessigen Jagen und vom Missbrauch Desselbigen Bestendiger Bericht durch M. Cyriacum Spangenberg. Frankfurt am Main: Weigand Han and Georg Raben 1561. c xxxvii 1 lxxx 4 ff. Three parts in one volume. Folio 11" x 7"; 27.94 x 17.78 cm. Recent paper-covered boards retaining earlier paper spine endpapers renewed edges rouged. Light soiling front joint just starting at head recent owner bookplate of Hans Dedi to front pastedown. Title page printed in red and black large woodcut coat of arms to verso. Light browning to text faint dampstaining to fore-edge of text block two small library stamps to foot of title page. A nice copy of a handsomely printed volume. $2500. THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION Second and final edition. Early game forestry and land laws represent some of the western world's earliest statutory attempts at environmental regulation and resource management. Beyond their legal framework these early codes offer rich insights into early modern social history illuminating sixteenth-century class hierarchies seigneurial privileges property rights and regional foodways. First published in 1560 this compilation by jurist Noe Meurer and theologian Cyriacus Spangenberg provides a comprehensive survey of land-use timber fishing and hunting regulations as enforced across the various territories of the Holy Roman Empire during the mid-sixteenth century. This second edition is significantly expanded compared to the first edition of 1560 which contained only 100 leaves. It includes key treatises on: Forest Sovereignty & Customary Rights Forstliche Oberherrligkeit examining jurisdictiona. unknown books
1842ref. 309481New Haven: Published by the Author. Sold by Crocker & Brewster Boston etc. . Printed by B.L. Hamlen 1842. Second edition first octavo edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I by Asher Brown Durand after Samuel F.B. Morse no printer's name given. lxxvi 938; 1004 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo 10-1/2 x 6 7/8 inches; 269 x 174 mm. Contemporary speckled sheep contrasting morocco spine labels marbled endpapers marbled edges. Covers scuffed joints worn some light spotting to text some worming to vol. I not affecting text. Morse Samuel French B. Second edition first octavo edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I by Asher Brown Durand after Samuel F.B. Morse no printer's name given. lxxvi 938; 1004 pp. 2 vols. Large 8vo 10-1/2 x 6 7/8 inches; 269 x 174 mm. A fine copy of the rare octavo edition of Webster's unabridged dictionary the last that Webster published before his death in 1843. This is the textually best edition published in Webster's lifetime incorporating his final revisions some 5000 new definitions and a preface and introduction "on the origin history and connection of the languages of western Asia and Europe with an explanation of the principles on which languages are formed." Skeel notes that 3000 copies of this edition were printed fewer than the 5 or 6 thousand that Webster wanted but more than the 2500 of the 1828 first edition. A prospectus Skeel 585 advertised the edition at $13 sheep and $14 calf gilt. The work was in the press for over a year; a note in Webster's hand on a copy in the Connecticut State Library states "First signature of this edition impressed Oct. 22 1839. Last sheet impressed January 30 1841 15 months & days." The edition sold slowly with nearly half of the run still in sheets at the time of Webster's death. An attractive copy bearing the ownership signatures of George W. Turner dated the year he bought the mansion and farm of Elmscourt now Elms Court in Natchez Mississippi. Skeel 586; cf. Grolier American 36; cf. PMM 291; cf. Sabin 102335. Provenance: George W. Turner of Elmscourt or Elms Court Natchez Mississippi inscription in both volumes dated 1842 Published by the Author. Sold by Crocker & Brewster, Boston, [etc.] ... Printed by B.L. Hamlen unknown books
1807ref. 307347New Haven CT: printed by Oliver Steele & Co for Brisban & Brannan booksellers New York 1807. First edition. 250 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Rubbed worn stained but sound front flyleaf with old tear pen starts. Very good. First edition. 250 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. First edition of this scarce grammar by Webster which he would later consider to be one of his two most important works. A second edition appeared in 1822 and the text was reused in the introductory matter of his famed American Dictionary 1828. Webster wrote to a friend in 1829 "My 'Philosophical and Practical Grammar" . has been but little used: but except for my quarto Dictionary I consider it as altogether the most valuable work I have ever published." Skeel 433; Sabin 102375 printed by Oliver Steele & Co for Brisban & Brannan, booksellers, New York unknown books
1797ref. 35147Leominster: Printed by Charles Prentiss 1797. Second Leominster Edition. Pp. 91 2 pages publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. 12mo. Later half-sheep over marbled boards. Rubbed spine torn hole and tear in advertisement leaf affecting ads some browning and foxing notes on pastedown with the very precise near-contemporary signature of John D. W. Williams on blank and first page of text else very good. Second Leominster Edition. Pp. 91 2 pages publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. 12mo. An examination of such expressions as "When a man's name is up he may lie abed till noon" "She carries the Bell" "It is just as the fit takes him" "A Stitch in time saves nine" and "He has come out at the little end of the horn". Sabin 102383 for first edition Printed by Charles Prentiss unknown books
1999ref. 83801Jersey City: Jensen/Daniels 1999. First edition. 28 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Jersey City: Jensen/Daniels unknown books
1991ref. vita5887Boston: Little Brown and Company 1991. First Edition. Octavo brown and cream boards hardcover gilt letters xix 514 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Last Citadel is the first full-length treatment of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War -- the siege of Petersburg Virginia. The Petersburg campaign officially began on June 9 1864 and ended on April 3 1865 when Federal troops at last entered the city. It was the longest and most costly siege ever to take place on North American soil yet it has been overshadowed by other actions that occurred in the same time period most notably Sherman’s famous “March to the Sea” and Sheridan’s celebrated Valley campaign. The ten-month Petersburg campaign witnessed many more combat actions than the other two combined and involved an average of 170000 soldiers not to mention thousands of civilians who were also caught up in the maelstrom. By its bloody end the Petersburg campaign would add more than 70000 casualties to the war’s total. Petersburg was the key to the war in the East. It lay astride five major railroad lines that in turn supplied the Confederate capital Richmond. Were Petersburg to fall these vital arteries would be severed and Richmond doomed. With the same dogged determination that had seen him through the terrible Overland campaign Union general Ulysses S. Grant fixed his sights on the capture of Petersburg. Grant’s opponent Robert E. Lee was equally determined that the city would not fall. The dramatic moving story of The Last Citadel is told largely through the words of the men and women who were there including officers common soldiers and the civilians of Petersburg. What emerges is an epic story rich in human incident and adventure. Based on exhaustive research into official records and unpublished memoirs letters and diaries as well as published recollections and regimental histories The Last Citadel also includes twenty-one maps and a choice selection of drawings by on-the-spot combat artists With The Last Citadel the Petersburg campaign at last emerges from the shadows to take its rightful place among the unforgettable sagas of the Civil War. Little, Brown and Company, (1991). First Edition. hardcover books
1880ref. 751751880. CHAM pseudonym of NO Charles Amde de. A la Guerre comme a la Guerre. BOUND WITH: Le Grand Magasin dÕImages bound first. Paris: Aubert circa 1880. Oblong quarto contemporary half green calf gilt marbled boards and endpapers. $2750.First edition of this suite of 30 full-page hand-colored lithographs of Cham caricatures documenting the French colonization of North Africa bound with an intriguing publication of 790 French magazine illustrations.Cham saw a career that would result in over 40000 drawings many of them caricatures and sketches of French and Algerian life. In 1843 he began to contribute to such newspapers as Le Charivari whose staff he eventually joined and remained for 30 years. These are ChamÕs parodies of war scenes apparently from the French colonies in North Africa 30 hand-colored lithographs similar to those he produced for the Album du SiÂge Charivari 1870Ñ in collaboration with Honor Daumier. ÒCham embued stories in Le Charivari with the comic force of his caricaturesÉ These in the future will remain when the fleeting stories are forgotten: the day after the stew evaporates and salt escapes us. People who have seen ChamÕs images will always remember the huge success of the cartoonistÓ Henri Beraldi. Bound with this is an ingenious publication of 790 small in-text wood-engravings produced by various engravers and appearing at different times in French magazines around which is woven a clever story line about the travels and adventures of the Lacroix family written to match the diverse engravings. Minor spotting to margins of a few plates not affecting imageslight expert restoration to contemporary binding. Extremely good condition. hardcover books
1911ref. 16927Paris: Masson 1911. Masson unknown books
2003ref. 30781Toronto: Insomniac Press 2003. First edition. 90 pp w/notes. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. Leznoff's second collection. Toronto: Insomniac Press paperback books
1977ref. 35850Portland OR: Image Gallery 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Number 77 of 250 copies. Signed by Elliott Brannen McClarty and Van Cleve. A beautiful collaborative limited edition with translations of 21 Japanese Fudoki poems dating from the 8th century. John McClarty's subtle and lovely woodcuts and Clyde Van Cleve's printing arts serve to honor these ancient poems say the translators. Inserted in the book is an original woodcut titled and signed by McClarty. Bound in cream cloth with stabbed sewn binding and paper title label to cover. Book is in near fine condition save for a couple of small spots on the top page edges but unfortunately the dust jacket is dampstained on both the front and back covers. Measures 8 x 10 inches. Unpaginated about 45 bi-fold pages. PRI/072022. Image Gallery hardcover books
1965ref. 3613New York: McGraw-Hill 1965. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1st edition 1965. Clean and VG in a bright price-intact VG dustjacket with very light rubbing to the panels. Octavo 456 pgs. McGraw-Hill unknown books
2004ref. S9204Cave Junction OR:: Althouse Press 2004. 2004. 8vo. xxv 419 pp. Numerous figs. refs. Color-printed covers. Fine. ISBN: 1590872500 Althouse Press, (2004). unknown books
1958ref. 743New York Public Library 1958. 1st. Hardcover. 1958 1st edition 1 of 500 copies. VG in its original dark-blue cloth with bright gilt-lettering on spine. Thick quarto 655 pgs. New York Public Library hardcover books
ref. 05996Paris: Chez Aubert 1850. Amusing Memories from a French Military Post. With Thirty Finely Hand-Colored Comical Lithographs Heightened with Gum Arabic CHAM illustrator pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé. Souvenirs de Garnison et des plaisirs attachés à la chose. Paris: Chez Aubert n.d. ca. 1850. First edition. Large oblong quarto 10 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches; 258 x 327 mm. Pictorial lithographed title and thirty fine comical lithographed plates all finely colored by hand and heightened with gum arabic. Each plate with printed caption below. Publisher's original green lithographed boards upper cover with the elaborate pictorial title design printed in black and red. Boards a little soiled corners and extremities a little worn. Internally remarkably clean and fresh the hand-coloring bright and well preserved. An excellent copy of this extremely rare Cham title. A wonderfully amusing - and particularly desirable hand-colored - collection of Cham's comic observations on French military life. The thirty lithographs present a succession of wonderfully absurd episodes involving officers conscripts cavalrymen and ordinary soldiers lampooning virtually every aspect of garrison life: military training and theory uniforms and grooming inspections discipline illness boredom relations between officers and men and the innumerable indignities of army service. The humor is characteristically Cham: economical in execution immediate in effect and dependent upon the interaction between the visual joke and the printed caption beneath each plate. The brilliant reds and blues of the uniforms together with more delicately applied coloring to the figures landscapes and architectural backgrounds give the present copy exceptional visual appeal. The application of gum arabic to selected areas further enriches the plates and provides a subtle gloss and depth to the coloring. The work is also encountered with the lithographs uncolored; copies with the complete suite of thirty plates hand-colored and heightened with gum arabic are considerably scarcer. In more than fifty years we have handled only one other hand-colored copy in 2011. CHAM pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879. French caricaturist and lithographer Cham published his first book Monsieur Lajaunisse in 1839 and from 1843 contributed regularly to illustrated journals most notably Le Charivari. He became one of the most prolific and popular French caricaturists of the nineteenth century producing thousands of drawings and lithographs satirizing contemporary manners fashions politics and everyday life. 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 flowering of French lithographic caricature Souvenirs de Garnison is a particularly attractive example of the comic album at mid-century. Its generous oblong format allows Cham's compositions considerable scope while in the present copy the hand-coloring transforms the lithographs into exceptionally lively scenes of nineteenth-century French military life. The Plates: L'Infanterie à Cheval. De la Coupe. La Théorie. En V'la du Gruau! Cas non prévu par la loi. C'est pas amusant la Guerre. Merci de la Préférence! Heureux Conscrit! Le Pansage. Ah ça pekin tu n'as donc jamais vu deux troupiers. Non mon colonel la musique ne marche pas trop. Coupe à 10 centimes frisure gratis. Monsieur le Vicomte. Qué Bêtise! Petit Inconvénient de la Salle de Police. Oui j'ai quitté le Service. Cap'taine! Ce qui prouve la nécessité de l'Étude. Quel artifice!. Réformes dans l'uniforme. Le pas gymnastique. Il faut consoler les malades. Quel amour de bonnet!. Inspection de Cavalerie. Gueux d'Arabes! En V'la des Inventions. M'est avis Jean Piarre que ce beau Monchieu qu'tire le village. Pacot le pot-aux-roses est découvert. Je fus hier à l'opéra. Fus-tu content Y ne savent quoi inventer pour nous époumonner! A remarkably attractive example of this scarce Cham album complete with all thirty lithographs finely colored by hand and heightened with gum arabic-a particularly desirable form of one of Cham's most entertaining satires of French military life. Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 1700 to 1914 pp. 155-156. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1850 unknown books
ref. 06849Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1845. All is Fair in Love and War" Cham's Complete Satirical Album of the French Army in Algeria - Thirty-One Lithographed Plates CHAM pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé. À la guerre comme à la guerre. Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. n.d. 1846. First edition. Oblong folio 10 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches; 254 x 324 mm. Pictorial lithographed title-page and thirty numbered lithographed plates each with printed caption beneath presenting Cham's wonderfully comic and frequently irreverent view of the experiences and misadventures of the French army in Algeria. Publisher's original pictorial green boards front cover reproducing the design of the lithographed title-page rear cover plain. Minimal rubbing and wear to spine ends and extremities; internally remarkably clean and fresh. An exceptional survival in the original publisher's pictorial boards. Near fine. A complete suite of Cham's celebrated caricatures of the French military campaign in Algeria comprising the pictorial title and all thirty numbered plates. The title À la guerre comme à la guerre is a proverbial French expression - literally "in war as in war" - conveying the idea that in difficult circumstances one must make do with whatever is available: essentially "you have to take things as they come." It provides the perfect framework for Cham's comic assault upon the romantic conception of military life. Rather than heroic battle scenes and martial glory Cham gives us the decidedly less glamorous realities of campaigning in North Africa: exhausting marches hunger and thirst unruly Arab horses uncomfortable nights beneath canvas troublesome provisions razzias encounters with wild animals and the innumerable indignities suffered by the ordinary soldier. Officers and enlisted men alike are subjected to Cham's irreverent eye the hardships of colonial campaigning becoming the raw material for a sustained sequence of visual jokes. The album relates specifically to the French conquest of Algeria begun in 1830 and still very much an active military enterprise when these lithographs appeared. By the mid-1840s the French army was engaged in the final stages of its long struggle against the forces of Abd el-Kader. Cham transforms this serious contemporary subject into an extended comic narrative of military discomfort confusion and misadventure. CHAM pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879. One of the most prolific French caricaturists of the nineteenth century Cham belonged to the generation that followed Daumier and Gavarni and became particularly associated with Le Charivari. His extraordinary productivity - he was said to have had "an idea a day" - resulted in thousands of drawings and lithographs many subsequently gathered into albums such as the present work. "It is to be regretted that space will not serve to represent the caricaturists and depictors of manners who 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 of whom 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 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156. The Plates: Pictorial lithographed title-page. Ça ne vaut pas l'eau filtrée!!. Au diable les chevaux arabes! Quelle chance!! Pour faire un bon pot-au-feu. V'là soixante lieues d'avalées! Ces gueux d'arabes. Dites donc caporal. Une visite sous la tente. Encore quinze lieues à faire. Une razzia. C'est fort drôle conscrit!. Un héritage flambé. Allons bon!. Gueux de sauvages! Y a des gens qui ont du bonheur! Il est bon d'avoir des amis. C'est une flêche empoisonnée. En toute chose il ne faut jamais considérer la faim. Qué beau pays!!! Est-ce que tu attends l'omnibus. Pauvres camarades! Cristi! V'la mon paletot qui se déchire! Y a pas de bon sens! Cher papa et chère maman. Mon Général. C'est un coup superbe! Un petit homme à grandes passions. Marche de nuit. Un réveil désagréable. L'appétit est le meilleur cuisinier. A remarkably fresh example of one of Cham's most entertaining lithographic albums complete with all thirty plates and retaining the particularly desirable original pictorial boards. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1845 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. 06847Paris: Chez Aubert 1850. Thirty Hilarious Lithographs of French Garrison Life by Cham A Remarkably Fresh Copy in the Original Pictorial Boards CHAM illustrator pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé. Souvenirs de Garnison et des plaisirs attachés à la chose. Paris: Chez Aubert n.d. ca. 1850. First edition. Large oblong quarto 10 x 12 7/8 inches; 254 x 327 mm. Pictorial lithographed title and thirty fine comical lithographed plates each with printed caption below. Publisher's original green paper-covered boards front cover with a large lithographed pictorial design printed in black and red reproducing the title-page composition. Slight wear to lower two inches of front joint and a little minor rubbing and wear to extremities; internally remarkably clean and fresh. An exceptional survival near fine. A wonderfully entertaining album of military caricatures by Cham Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879 one of the most prolific and popular French caricaturists of the nineteenth century. The thirty lithographs mercilessly lampoon the pleasures - and considerably more numerous discomforts - of French garrison life. Officers and soldiers appear on parade at inspections and military exercises enduring the boredom of provincial postings and finding various means of amusing themselves when relieved of their duties. Cham's captions provide the punch lines while his wonderfully economical draughtsmanship captures the absurdities of military hierarchy discipline uniforms and social pretension. Among the scenes are a soldier presenting an enormous bearskin to an officer; another dejectedly reflecting upon the seven years and seven months remaining before his discharge; and a wonderfully energetic cavalry inspection in which a mounted officer hurtles past his superior while declaring that he has difficulty following the commander's advice to remain firmly seated in the saddle. Born Charles Amédée de Noé Cham adopted his celebrated pseudonym as a contraction of his Christian name and a playful allusion to the biblical Ham Cham in French. After studying under Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet and Paul Delaroche he abandoned painting for caricature and became one of the defining comic draughtsmen of nineteenth-century France. His long association with Le Charivari placed him in the company of Honoré Daumier with whom he shared an extraordinary ability to expose the absurdities of contemporary French life. The present album belongs to the great flowering of French lithographic caricature in the decades following the July Monarchy. Published by Aubert the Parisian house intimately associated with La Caricature and Le Charivari and with such artists as Daumier Grandville and Gavarni these albums were essentially deluxe gatherings of topical visual humor intended for a contemporary audience. Their ephemeral nature and large oblong format made them particularly vulnerable to wear handling and disbinding. Copies retaining their original pictorial boards and with the lithographs as clean and fresh as those in the present example are consequently especially desirable. A superb example of Cham's wonderfully irreverent military satire - thirty comic lithographs of the trials tribulations and dubious "pleasures" of French garrison life preserved in unusually fresh condition in the striking original pictorial boards. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1850 unknown books