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1828réf. 69678New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. 1828. Full Description: WEBSTER Noah. An American Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to exhibit I. The origin affinities and primary signification of English words as far as they have been ascertained. II. The genuine orthography and pronunciation of words according to general usage or to just principles of analogy. III. Accurate and discriminating definitions with numerous authorities and illustrations. To which are prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin history and connection of the languages of western Asia and of Europe and a concise grammar of the English language. In two volumes. New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. 1828. First edition one of only 2500 copies. Two large quarto volumes 10 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 274 x 226 mm. Engraved frontispiece portrait the portrait of Webster painted by S.F.B. Morse by A.B. Durand printed by J.R. Burton. Tissue guard for portrait. With the final leaf of "Additions" and "Corrections" at the end of Volume II which is often lacking. Together with Rare autograph leaf from the original draft of Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language. One leaf with manuscript in brown ink on recto and verso 8x 10 inches; 250 x 200 mm. This rare manuscript page from his work presents definitions from "Biped" to "Bird." Other words present include "Bipedial" "Bipetalous" "Biquadrate" "Biquintile" "Biradiated" and "Birch." This leaf from Webster's draft manuscript shows his processes of careful editing. For "Birch" he wrote out and then crossed off an entire paragraph that read in part: "This word is probably the same as bark; from the great use of birch barks among savage nations the name was transferred to the tree as was the name of beech to another species of tree." Webster substituted this deleted passage with text nearly identical to what saw print in 1828: "A genus of trees known technically under the name Betula of which there are four or five species; as the white or common birch-the dwarf birch-the Canada birch of which there are several varieties & the black birch." The Pierpont Morgan Library holds most of Webster's manuscript which runs some 450 leaves; however early on leaves from the "A" and "B" sections were separated. All leaves that ever appeared for sale came from A & B. Two volumes uniformly bound in contemporary full dark brown sheep. Spines ruled in gilt with original black and red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled brown. Some rubbing and scuffing to boards. Corners have been renewed on each volume. Some light dampstaining to portrait leaf just barely touching the engraving. Some dampstaining to endpapers. Overall a very good set with a wonderful manuscript leaf. Each volume housed in a chemise and blue quarter morocco clamshell box. "'The most ambitious publication ever undertaken up to that time upon American soil.' Webster began work on his Dictionary in 1800. Along the way his produced his fat duodecimo Compendious Dictionary of the English Language New Haven 1806.and an abridgement of this for schools in 1807 and by 1813 he had learned twenty languages seven of which were Asiatic or dialects of the Assyrian to which twenty he later added Portuguese Welsh Gothic and the early dialects of English and German. He spent a year abroad in 18234-25 to perfect the work and began printing May 8 1827.Webster set a new standard for entymological 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. There were 2500 copies printed in boards uncut or full calf.Webster wrote every word of the manuscript of the dictionary himself" Grolier 100 American. "This dictionary which almost at once became and has remained the standard English dictionary in the United States was the end-product of a stream of spelling books grammars readers and dictionaries which flowed from the pen of the industrious Noah Webster.Webster's great dictionary all the 70000 entries of which he wrote with his own hand has been reprinted and brought up to date innumerable times.the book marked a definite advance in modern lexicography as it included many non-literary terms and paid great attention to the language actually spoken. Moreover his definitions of the meaning of words were accurate and concise Sir James Murray editor of the Oxford English Dictionary called him 'a born definer of words' and have for the greater part stood the test of time superbly well" Printing and the Mind of Man. Grolier 100 American 36. Printing and the Mind of Man 291. Sabin 102335. Skeel 583. HBS 69678. $40000. Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe.. unknown
1828réf. 102755New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe 1828. Rare first edition of Webster's monumental American Dictionary one of only 2500 copies with frontispiece portrait of the pioneering lexicographer in full contemporary calf. Quarto two volumes bound in full contemporary calf marbled endpapers illustrated frontispiece tissue guard present. In near fine condition light toning to the text. Most rare and desirable bound in contemporary calf. An exceptional example most rare without any restoration. In 1807 Webster began compiling a fully comprehensive dictionary An American Dictionary of the English Language; it took twenty-eight years to complete. To evaluate the etymology of words Webster learned twenty-six languages including Old English Anglo-Saxon Greek Hebrew and Latin. Webster completed his dictionary during his year abroad in 1825 in Paris France and at the University of Cambridge. His book contained seventy thousand words of which twelve thousand had never appeared in a published dictionary before. As a spelling reformer Webster believed that English spelling rules were unnecessarily complex so his dictionary introduced American English spellings replacing colour with color substituting wagon for waggon and printing center instead of center. He also added American words like skunk and squash that did not appear in British dictionaries. At the age of seventy Webster published his dictionary in 1828 registering the copyright on April 14. Webster did all this in an effort to standardize the American language. "This dictionary which almost at once became and has remained the standard English dictionary in the United States was the end-product of a stream of spelling books grammars readers and dcitionaries which flowed from the pen of the industrious Noah Webster.Webster's great dictionary all the 70000 entries of which he wrote with his own hand has been reprinted and brought up to date innumerable times.the book marked a definite advance in modern lexicography as it included many non-literary terms and paid great attention to the language actually spoken. Moreover his definitions of the meaning of words were accurate and concise.and have for the greater part stood the test of time superbly well" Printing and the Mind of Man. "As a whole Webster's American Dictionary was a scholarly achievement of the first order richly deserving of its great reputation at home and abroad" DAB. With definitions for "some 70000 words--15000 more than any previous English lexicon. Although only 2500 copies of the first edition were printed the work established Webster as a lexicographer of international repute" Lathem 76 United Statesiana 9. Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe unknown books
1828réf. 140938425New York: S. Converse Printed by Hezekiah Howe New Haven 1828. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Complete in two volumes. Contemporary mottled calf with black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt with the "Additions and Corrections" leaf bound at the end of Volume II; November 28 Advertisement absent as is nearly always the case. Engraved frontis provided in sympathetic facsimile lacking tissue guard. Internally Very Good with offsetting and several instances of penciled marginalia. Previous owner name in light pencil on title page. One of only 2500 copies. An extremely important early declaration of American cultural identity which heralded the nation's linguistic independence from Britain inspiring the many dictionaries that to this day carry Webster's name. S. Converse, Printed by Hezekiah Howe, New Haven unknown
1828réf. 140938425New York: S. Converse Printed by Hezekiah Howe New Haven 1828. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Complete in two volumes. Contemporary mottled calf with black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt with the "Additions and Corrections" leaf bound at the end of Volume II; November 28 Advertisement absent as is nearly always the case. Engraved frontis provided in sympathetic facsimile lacking tissue guard. Internally Very Good with offsetting and several instances of penciled marginalia. Previous owner name in light pencil on title page. One of only 2500 copies. An extremely important early declaration of American cultural identity which heralded the nation's linguistic independence from Britain inspiring the many dictionaries that to this day carry Webster's name. S. Converse, Printed by Hezekiah Howe, New Haven unknown books
1828réf. 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
1828réf. 143614New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe - New Haven 1828. First edition of pioneering lexicographer Noah Webster's monumental American Dictionary arguably the most popular American book ever published and one of only 2500 copies printed. Thick quarto bound in three quarter polished calf over marbled boards with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt engraved portrait of Webster after Samuel F.B. Morse unpaginated text in triple columns pages untrimmed and hence a copy once in boards the 44 preliminary leaves in Vol. I containing Webster's preface on the history of the dictionary his introductory dissertation "on the origin history and connection of the languages of western Asia and of Europe. With the additional leaf in Vol. II "Additions and Corrections" which is often lacking and without the "Advertisement" lead as issued. Copies in boards did not have the "Advertisement" leaf bound in as did many copies in calf. In the copies in boards the leaf was laid in to some but was never originally bound in. Only 2500 copies were printed. With some spotting to the text and dampstain entering the margin of the frontispiece. In very good condition. A sharp example. In 1807 Webster began compiling a fully comprehensive dictionary An American Dictionary of the English Language; it took twenty-eight years to complete. To evaluate the etymology of words Webster learned twenty-six languages including Old English Anglo-Saxon Greek Hebrew and Latin. Webster completed his dictionary during his year abroad in 1825 in Paris France and at the University of Cambridge. His book contained seventy thousand words of which twelve thousand had never appeared in a published dictionary before. As a spelling reformer Webster believed that English spelling rules were unnecessarily complex so his dictionary introduced American English spellings replacing colour with color substituting wagon for waggon and printing center instead of center. He also added American words like skunk and squash that did not appear in British dictionaries. At the age of seventy Webster published his dictionary in 1828 registering the copyright on April 14. Webster did all this in an effort to standardize the American language. “This dictionary which almost at once became and has remained the standard English dictionary in the United States was the end-product of a stream of spelling books grammars readers and dcitionaries which flowed from the pen of the industrious Noah Webster.Webster’s great dictionary all the 70000 entries of which he wrote with his own hand has been reprinted and brought up to date innumerable times.the book marked a definite advance in modern lexicography as it included many non-literary terms and paid great attention to the language actually spoken. Moreover his definitions of the meaning of words were accurate and concise.and have for the greater part stood the test of time superbly well” Printing and the Mind of Man. "As a whole Webster’s American Dictionary was a scholarly achievement of the first order richly deserving of its great reputation at home and abroad” DAB. With definitions for “some 70000 words—15000 more than any previous English lexicon… Although only 2500 copies of the first edition were printed the work established Webster as a lexicographer of international repute” Lathem 76 United Statesiana 9. Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe - New Haven hardcover
1828réf. 69555New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. 1828. Full Description: WEBSTER Noah. An American Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to exhibit I. The origin affinities and primary signification of English words as far as they have been ascertained. II. The genuine orthography and pronunciation of words according to general usage or to just principles of analogy. III. Accurate and discriminating definitions with numerous authorities and illustrations. To which are prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin history and connection of the languages of western Asia and of Europe and a concise grammar of the English language. In two volumes. New York: Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. 1828. First edition. Two large quarto volumes 11 5/16 x 9 inches; 287 x 230 mm. Engraved frontispiece portrait the portrait of Webster painted by S.F.B. Morse by A.B. Durand printed by J.R. Burton. Tissue guard for portrait. With the final leaf of "Additions" and "Corrections" at the end of Volume II which is often lacking. Bound by W. H. Talcott & Bro in full nineteenth-century morocco. Boards ruled in blind. Spines ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Board edges stamped in blind. Edges speckled red. Marbled endpapers. Some mild rubbing to boards and corners. A bit of foxing and toning to frontispiece and title-page. Small dampstain to top margin of portrait leaf not touching engraving. Overall an excellent copy very clean. "'The most ambitious publication ever undertaken up to that time upon American soil.' Webster began work on his Dictionary in 1800. Along the way his produced his fat duodecimo Compendious Dictionary of the English Language New Haven 1806.and an abridgement of this for schools in 1807 and by 1813 he had learned twenty languages seven of which were Asiatic or dialects of the Assyrian to which twenty he later added Portuguese Welsh Gothic and the early dialects of English and German. He spent a year abroad in 18234-25 to perfect the work and began printing May 8 1827.Webster set a new standard for entymological 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. There were 2500 copies printed in boards uncut or full calf.Webster wrote every word of the manuscript of the dictionary himself" Grolier 100 American. "This dictionary which almost at once became and has remained the standard English dictionary in the United States was the end-product of a stream of spelling books grammars readers and dictionaries which flowed from the pen of the industrious Noah Webster.Webster's great dictionary all the 70000 entries of which he wrote with his own hand has been reprinted and brought up to date innumerable times.the book marked a definite advance in modern lexicography as it included many non-literary terms and paid great attention to the language actually spoken. Moreover his definitions of the meaning of words were accurate and concise Sir James Murray editor of the Oxford English Dictionary called him 'a born definer of words' and have for the greater part stood the test of time superbly well" Printing and the Mind of Man. Grolier 100 American 36. Printing and the Mind of Man 291. Sabin 102335. Skeel 583. HBS 69555. $16000. Published by S. Converse. Printed by Hezekiah Howe.. unknown
1828réf. 846261828. WEBSTER Noah. An American Dictionary of the English Language. New York: Published by S. Converse 1828. 1st ed. 2 vols. 4tos. Unpaginated. Introductory material in 2 columns definitions in 3 columns. Engraved frontis. of the author in vol. 1. With the "additions and corrections" leaf in vol. 2. Contemporary full leather red and black morocco spine labels. Minor foxing to endpapers some wear and scratches to boards else a very good set housed in custom cloth slip cases. Grolier American 100 36. PMM 291. Sabin 102335. Webster 1758-1843 began work on an American dictionary in 1800 determined to celebrate the country's independence from the British in every sense including establishing distinctively American spellings of words like "color" and "center." "Webster was "an ardent nationalist and he wanted to stress the political separation from Britain by the cultivation of a separate American language" - PMM. His focus on usage set a new standard for accuracy of definition. The dictionary includes some 70000 words far beyond the previous record of 58000 and Webster wrote every word of the manuscript himself. "There were 2500 copies printed in boards uncut or full calf at $20 for the two volumes" - Grolier. unknown
1828réf. 10730New York: S. Converse 1828. First Edition. Three-quarter leather. Very Good-. 4to. 11-3/4 x 9-1/2 Two volumes unpaginated. Vol. I frontis. portrait engraved after Samuel F. B. Morse painting lacking tissue guard. With Preface Introduction Grammar of the English Language. "Additions and corrections" leaf following "zygomatic." Printed by Hezekiah Howe New Haven. Collated: A B-K including I and J1-113 in 4s 114 in 2; 2 first leaf is a blank 1-115 in 4s 116 in 2. Uniformly bound in mid-nineteenth century three-quarter brown morocco re-backed with the original spine preserved TEG other edges untrimmed. Covers lightly stained corners gently bumped leaves moderately foxed two leaves expertly repaired. Both volumes with neat name signed on front free endpaper and gift inscription in the same hand on a blank preliminary. Edition of 2500. Grolier American 100 36. Sabin 102335. Skeel 583. Printing & the Mind of Man 291. S. Converse unknown
réf. 04875Paris: Maison Martinet 1856. Three of Cham's Greatest Rarities Three Complete Hand-Colored Albums Bound Together Sixty Superb Hand-Colored Lithographs by the Great Master of French Comic Illustration CHAM pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879. L'Art d'Engraisser et de Maigrir à Volonté. & Mr. Papillon ou L'Amour Autour du Monde. & Pincez-moi à la Campagne!! Paris: Maison Martinet 1856-ca. 1860. Three complete first editions bound together in one folio volume. Folio 12 11/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 326 x 251 mm. Three magnificent pictorial hand-colored lithograph title-pages and sixty superb hand-colored lithograph plates all heightened with gum arabic and containing more than two hundred individual comic scenes. Plates lithographed by Fernique and Destouches. Late nineteenth-century olive-green buckram over boards marbled endpapers. Spine lightly rubbed. An exceptionally bright fresh copy the original hand-coloring remarkably vibrant throughout and beautifully heightened with gum arabic. Few artists captured the humor absurdity and quiet eccentricities of nineteenth-century French life more brilliantly than Cham. During a career spanning more than forty years Charles Amédée de Noé became one of the principal illustrators of Le Charivari producing thousands of caricatures that chronicled bourgeois society with inexhaustible wit and extraordinary graphic invention. While Daumier supplied biting political satire and Gavarni revealed the elegance and vanities of Parisian society Cham excelled in transforming the comic mishaps of everyday life into irresistibly entertaining visual narratives. His finest work appeared not only in newspapers but as luxurious hand-colored lithographic albums published by Maison Martinet. Intended for the fashionable drawing room rather than the newsstand these beautifully colored folios represent the highest achievement of French comic lithography during the Second Empire. Complete examples are today among the rarest survivals of nineteenth-century illustrated publishing. The present volume unites three of Cham's most elusive albums each complete and preserved with exceptionally rich contemporary hand-coloring. Together they comprise sixty large folio lithographs whose sparkling color and delicate gum arabic highlights remain remarkably fresh. The Art of Gaining Weight and Losing Weight Cham's wonderfully absurd satire on Victorian health fads follows the fortunes of two inseparable friends whose greatest ambitions could scarcely be more different. Monsieur Lesec painfully thin longs to become stout while the enormously overweight Monsieur Legras dreams only of becoming slim. Their increasingly desperate attempts at self-improvement lead them across Europe North Africa the Crimea Turkey and India where every new adventure - from lion hunting and camel riding to exotic diets and improbable medical cures - produces precisely the opposite effect. Cham transforms what begins as a parody of fashionable diet manuals into a wonderfully sustained comic novel in pictures culminating in a delightfully macabre conclusion worthy of the finest nineteenth-century satire. Only four hand-colored institutional copies are recorded worldwide. Mr. Papillon or Love Around the World Among Cham's rarest productions Mr. Papillon recounts the romantic adventures of an incurable optimist whose search for love carries him from country to country. Everywhere he encounters unfamiliar customs impossible misunderstandings cultural mishaps and romantic disappointment each episode providing Cham with fresh opportunities for gentle social satire. The album is one of Cham's most elegant narrative works combining graceful draftsmanship with an effortless sense of comic timing. Beneath its humor lies a sly parody of both sentimental romance and the fashionable travel literature of the period. Only a single institutional copy appears to survive. Pinch Me I'm in the Country!! Perhaps the rarest of all Cham's albums Pincez-moi à la Campagne!! is a masterpiece of observational comedy. Convinced that life in the countryside promises peace simplicity and healthy recreation an urbane Parisian eagerly exchanges the capital for rural France. His idyllic expectations collapse almost immediately. Instead he encounters uncomfortable lodgings impossible furniture sleepless nights aggressive livestock disastrous hunting expeditions endless insects suspicious villagers and every conceivable rural inconvenience. Each attempt to embrace country life merely compounds his misery producing one comic disaster after another. More than a century and a half later Cham's observations remain strikingly modern. His humor derives not from exaggerated caricature alone but from universal human experience - the city dweller discovering that nature is far less accommodating than imagined. The album anticipates the gentle observational comedy of Jacques Tati and possesses a timeless quality rarely found in nineteenth-century caricature. In more than one hundred years of recorded auction results we have been unable to trace another copy. Only eight institutional examples are known worldwide. Cham's comic albums occupy a unique position in the history of French illustration. They bridge the gap between the early Romantic lithographers and the mature social satire of the later nineteenth century combining sophisticated narrative structure with some of the most attractive hand-colored lithography ever produced in Paris. As Gordon N. Ray observed: "Among the most attractive. is Amédée de Noé known as Cham. 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." The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156. Three complete hand-colored albums by Cham are seldom encountered together. Preserved in such fresh condition with unusually brilliant original coloring and comprising three of the artist's rarest publications this volume represents one of the finest surviving monuments to the golden age of French comic lithography. Paris: Maison Martinet, 1856 unknown
réf. 04875Paris: Maison Martinet 1856. Three of Cham's Rarest Works with Sixty Wonderful Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Three complete works bound together in one volume - L'Art d'engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté. & Mr. Papillon & Pincez-moi à la Campagne!! First editions. Folio 12 11/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 326 x 251 mm. Three pictorial hand colored lithograph title-pages and a total of sixty hand colored lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic. Plates lithographed by Fernique & Destouches. Bound together in late nineteenth century olive green buckram over boards marbled endpapers. Spine a little rubbed the plates bright and fresh with superb hand-coloring. The Art of Gaining Weight and The Art of Losing Weight Twenty Highly Amusing Multi-Image Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Cham CHAM Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé. L'Art d'Engraisser et de Maigrir a Volonté. The art of gaining and losing weight with willpower. Paris: Maison Martinet 1857. Pictorial hand colored lithograph title-page and twenty hand colored lithograph plates heightened with gum Arabic and containing seventy-nine images. Plates lithographed by Fernique. A highly amusing album depicting the adventures of the very thin Mr. Lesec who wants to gain weight and the rather plump Mr. Legras who wants to lose weight. Both Mr. Lesec and Mr. Legras are getting married and there is much going on in their households. They leave jointly for Algeria and go lion hunting. this adventure unfortunately causes Mr. Legras to gain weight and Mr. Lesec to lose several kilos. The same thing happens during a subsequent adventure with a camel. Unfortunately the two friends leave Algeria for Italy then for Turkey Crimea India where they live multiple adventures that leave them in their respective physical states. They both decide to return to France Mr Legras dies from being severely overweight - and the very depressed Mr Lesec just gets thinner and thinner and eventually also dies. Somewhat scarce with OCLC locating just four colored copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: The Morgan Library & Museum NY; University of Chicago IL; Boston Public Library MA; Victoria & Albert Museum London UK. There are also two other 'uncolored' copies: Kunstbiblio Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin Germany & National Library of Poland Biblioteka Naro Poland. Mr. Papillon's Highly Amusing Voyage Around the World Love and Romance in Various Countries CHAM Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé. Mr. Papillon ou L'Amour Autour du Monde. Paris: Maison Martinet 1856. Pictorial hand-colored lithograph title-page and twenty hand-colored lithograph plates heightened with gum Arabic and containing sixty-eight amusing images. The plates clean and fresh with superb hand coloring. Plates lithographed by Fernique. Mr. Papillon's highly amusing voyage around the world depicting love and romance in different countries. Rare. OCLC locates just one copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Pinch Me I'm In the Country!! Now Get Me Out of Here The Scarcest Cham of All CHAM pseud. of Amédée de Noé. Pincez-moi a la campagne!! Paris: Maison Martinet n.d. c. 1860. Pictorial hand-colored lithographed title-page and twenty hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum Arabic and containing eighty-six humorous scenes with captions. Plates lithographed by Destouches. Original quarter green pebble-cloth over green grained-paper boards with blindstamped decoration and gilt lettering. 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 The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156. In the ninety-seven years since 1923 that ABPC has been recording auction results not a single copy of this work has fallen under the hammer. All albums by Cham are scarce; the volume under notice is extremely so. Only eight copies survive in institutional holdings worldwide. The gently amusing trials of an urban gentleman preparing for a vacation in the French countryside and the hilarious tribulations once he arrives. In essence Woody Allen leaves Manhattan for the Catskills and copes with nature and rural life. CHAM pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879. "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. Paris: Maison Martinet, 1856 unknown books
réf. 111678aafPartenkirchen, o.J., um 1878, Imp.-folio (68x51 cm), Mit 20 Fotografien (27x39 cm) von Bernhard Johannes auf bedrucktem Karton montiert u. mit montierter Legende. 2 Bll. Widmung u. Vorwort u. 20 Bll. Erläuterungen, in blindgeprägter Or.-Lwd-Mappe mit goldgeprägtem Deckeltitel u. Schliessbändern.
réf. 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
réf. 05542Paris: Chez Aubert Éditeur du Musée Philipon. 1842. Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Daumier Cham Beaumont & Quillenbois DAUMIER Honoré & others. Paris Comique Revue Amusante Des Caractères Moeurs Modes Folies Ridicules Excentricités Niaiseries Bêtises Sottises Voleries et Infamies Parisiennes. Text non politique Par MM. L. Huart Michelant Ch. Philipon et autres Rédacteurs du Charivari et de la Caricature: Dessins Comiques par MM. Bouchot Cham de N. Daumier Gavarni Grandville et autrés artistes du Musée Philipon. Paris: Chez Aubert Éditeur. 1844. Folio 13 x 9 7/8 inches; 329 x 250 mm. iv 160 pp. Twenty magnificent hand colored lithographs all heightened with gum arabic. The plates are by Honoré Daumier 10; Cham 8; Beaumont 1 & Quillenbois 1. Contemporary ca. 1844 quarter dark green morocco over green paper boards front cover with gilt emblem. Spine with five raised bands tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments marbled endpapers. An excellent example with ten of the wonderful hand colored lithographs by Honoré Daumier. "The house of Aubert was ingenious in marketing its products. Its lithographs.were published one by one in periodicals like Le charivari and together in suites by the same artist without letterpress. Still a third form of publication was in albums made up of lithographs by several artists with accompanying texts. These collections most commonly took the form of volumes with the generic title Paris Comique which consisted of twenty colored lithographs accompanied by quite unrelated texts. Aubert remarked that the resulting hodgepodge had 'a plan that is easy to follow for it consists in not having any' and in fact this was indeed a frugal procedure for reusing old texts and already published plates. The interest of the various volumes of Paris comique resides entirely in the lithographs they happen to contain. It can be considerable however since Daumier and Gavarni are the predominant artists" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 164. The Plates: 1. DAUMIER. La Tragédie. "Que de soins m'ont couté cette tête charmante ! ." Phèdre. DR 1740 The Tragedy. How much worries this charming face has caused me. 2. DAUMIER. La Tragédie. "Venez dignes soutiens de la grandeur romaine." "Compagnons de César approchez!." La mort de César. DR 1741 The Tragedy. Come dignified pillars of Roman grandeur. friends of Caesar approach! 3. DAUMIER. Locataires et Propriétaires. - Eh! bien monsieur et mes trois termes. vous me direz toujours que vos meubles en répondent!. DR 1624 Tenants and Owners. Well Monsieur and my three months rent. you are always telling me that your furniture serves as collateral. 4. DAUMIER. Locataires et Propriétaires. Vois comme ils m'avaient abimé mes murailles avec leurs conduits de cheminée. on ne devrait pas permettre aux locataires de faire du feu!. DR 1623 Tenants and Owners. See how they have damaged my walls with their chimney ducts. tenants really shouldn't be allowed to have a heating. 5. CHAM. Les Fêtes Champêtres. Inconvénient de diner sur l'herbe non loin d'une ménagerie. Jeu d'adresse sentimental et patriotique. Country festivals. Disadvantage of dining on the grass not far from a menagerie. Sentimental and patriotic game of skill. 6. DAUMIER. Actualités. Allant aux renseignements Politiques chez le concierge du Général Changarnier. DR 2103 News. The public opinion gets its information on politics from the housekeeper of general Changarnier. 7. CHAM. Actualités. Monsieur Odilon continuant à chasser et à exterminer tous les snagliers qu'il rencontre. News. Monsieur Odilon continues to hunt and exterminate all the snagliers he encounters. 8. CHAM. Les Fêtes Champêtres. Elite de la société de Mabile au bal de Noisy-le-Sec. Mr. le maire n'est plus content. Country festivals. Elite of Mabile's society at the ball at Noisy-le-Sec. Mr. Mayor is no longer happy. 9. BEAUMONT. Au Bal Masqué. Cette Petite ligne m'annonce que votre vertu va enfin trouver sa récompense.un fort marchand de papier en gros s'apprête à vous demander en mariage! J'aimerais mieux un restaurateur.je me commanderais un crâne souper tous les jours de bal! At the masked ball. This Little Line announces to me that your virtue will finally find its reward.a strong merchant of wholesale paper is about to ask you in marriage! I'd rather have a restaurant owner.I'd order myself a skull supper every prom day! 10. CHAM. Les Politiques de Marais. Eh! Bien et les nouvelles du Portugal. Je suis un peu plus rassuré les nouvelles doivent être meilleures je remarque aujourd'hui que les marchandes d'oranges sont moins abattues.je ne vous cacherai pas qu'il y a deux jours j'étais bien effrayé on m'avait fait une orange dix sous!. Marsh Politics. Hey! Well what about the news from Portugal. I'm a little more reassured the news must be better I notice today that the orange sellers are less despondent.I won't hide from you that there two days later I was very frightened they had made me an orange ten sous!. 11. CHAM. Actualités. Lecture de journaux donnant des nouvelles peu rassurantes. News. Reading newspapers giving not very reassuring news. 12. CHAM. Actualités. Une Séance de la Commission de Surveillance. Nous constatons au procès verbal que présentement la ville de Paris est uniquement occupée de ballons!. News. A meeting of the Supervisory Commission. We note in the minutes that currently the city of Paris is only occupied with balloons!. 13. CHAM. Actualités. Le Beau sexe voyant grâce aux sergens de ville les jeux de Bourse transformés en des parties de barres. News. The fair sex seeing thanks to the sergens de ville the stock exchange games transformed into bar games. 14. DAUMIER. Actualités. Un nouvel Almaviva venant essayer de séduire Rosine-Véron en lui donnant une sérénade sur l'air de Vive Henri V. DR 2110 News. A new Almaviva trying to seduce Rosine - Véron by singing her a serenade on the tune of Vive Henry V. 15. QUILLENBOIS. Prophéties Charivariques. Les cabinets de lecture subiront des agrandissemens reclamés par le format des journaux. Le journal la semaine trouvera un abonné. Les abonnés de l'Epoque porteront un uniforme. Les porteurs du journal seront tenus de les saluer. Charivaric prophecies. The reading cabinets will undergo enlargements demanded by the format of the newspapers. The weekly newspaper will find a subscriber. Epoch subscribers will wear a uniform. Newspaper carriers will be required to salute them. 16. CHAM. Actualités. Dègoûté de la politique le directeur du Constitutionnel se décide à attendre désormais bien tranquillement l'arrivée du mois de Mai de l'an 1852. News. Disgusted with politics the director of Le Constitutionnel decided to wait quietly for the arrival of the month of May in the year 1852. 17. DAUMIER. Actualitiés. Surveillant la Commission de Surveillance. DR 3957 News. Supervising the supervisory commission. 18. DAUMIER. Actualitiés. Un nouveau Bélisaire. DR 2107 News. A new Belisarius. 19. DAUMIER. Locataires et Propriétaires. Deux bons voisins. DR 1618 Tenants and Owners. Two good neighbors. 20. DAUMIER. Locataires et Propriétaires. Locataires noctambules. DR 1619 Tenants and Owners. Nighttime movers. Paris: Chez Aubert, Éditeur du Musée Philipon..., 1842 unknown
1842réf. 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
1842réf. 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. The Second Edition The First Unabridged Octavo Edition. 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
1793réf. 3069Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin 1793. First edition. Bound to style in modern quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco label to spine. Light scattered foxing largely concentrated at the preliminaries. Small tear to the blank inner corner of A2. Contemporary inscription to the footer of title page: "Sold in London by Chas. Delly price 1/6." Charles Delly a UK printer and bookseller active in the 1780s was clearly importing American titles to sell in his shop. Collates complete 5 6-56. An important and scarce work the only other copy to appear at auction came up disbound at Swann in 1982. Best known as the lexicographer responsible for his American Dictionary of the English Language Noah Webster has been called "the father of American scholarship and education" Mason. He was also a committed abolitionist helping to found the Connecticut Society for the Abolition of Slavery in 1791. In the present work Webster argues that "slavery in all its forms and varieties is repugnant to private interest and public happiness of man." Providing a brief historical view of slavery Webster shows that across time and place the practice of enslaving people produces the same deleterious effects. "The actual produce of a country is nearly in an exact proportion to the degree of freedom enjoyed by its inhabitants." And he uses Ireland and Connecticut as examples that illustrate "the superior productiveness of the labor of freemen who work for their own benefit." Despite these progressive views Webster's essay is also heavily marked with the systemic racism that has undercut the momentum of many American social movements; and he problematically asserts the "laziness of slaves" in America commenting that "the blacks are so remarkable for their inaction their want of fore-sight and their disinclination to improvement." Unable to imagine the rich social movements that would emerge from enslaved people's descendants Webster places the responsibility for abolition on white Americans both for economic and moral good. "If that nation is the happiest which with industry enjoys a full supply of the comforts and conveniences of life then the government and those institutions which distribute and secure." ESTC W31814. Evans 26448. Hudson and Goodwin unknown books
réf. 06206Paris: Chez Aubert Éditeur du Musée Philipon. 1842. Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Daumier Gavarni Platier Bouchot & Plattel DAUMIER Honoré & others. Paris Comique Revue Amusante Des Caractères Moeurs Modes Folies Ridicules Excentricités Niaiseries Bêtises Sottises Voleries et Infamies Parisiennes. Text non politique Par MM. L. Huart Michelant Ch. Philipon et autres Rédacteurs du Charivari et de la Caricature: Dessins Comiques par MM. Bouchot Cham de N. Daumier Gavarni Grandville et autrés artistes du Musée Philipon. Paris: Chez Aubert Éditeur. 1844. Folio 13 3/16 x 10 inches; 335 x 254 mm. iv 152 pp. Twenty magnificent hand colored lithographs all heightened with gum arabic. Some light foxing which is mainly confined to the blank borders of the plates. The plates are by: Jules Platier 6; Honoré Daumier 5; Paul Gavarni 4; Frédéric Bouchot 4 & Henri Daniel Plattel 1. Publisher's quarter green calf over pictorial green paper boards smooth spine decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Extremities a little rubbed otherwise near fine. An excellent example with eleven of the wonderful hand colored lithographs by Honoré Daumier and Paul Gavarni. "The house of Aubert was ingenious in marketing its products. Its lithographs.were published one by one in periodicals like Le charivari and together in suites by the same artist without letterpress. Still a third form of publication was in albums made up of lithographs by several artists with accompanying texts. These collections most commonly took the form of volumes with the generic title Paris Comique which consisted of twenty colored lithographs accompanied by quite unrelated texts. Aubert remarked that the resulting hodgepodge had 'a plan that is easy to follow for it consists in not having any' and in fact this was indeed a frugal procedure for reusing old texts and already published plates. The interest of the various volumes of Paris comique resides entirely in the lithographs they happen to contain. It can be considerable however since Daumier and Gavarni are the predominant artists" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 164. The Plates: 1. DAUMIER. Chasse et Pêche no. 8. Je l'ai pris pour un lièvre. 2. DAUMIER. Monomanes no. 7. Le Malde Imaginaire. 3. GAVARNI. Les Plaisirs Champêtres no. 2. Le Charge D'Affaires. 4. BOUCHOT. L'École des Voyageurs no. 12. La Neige. 5. DAUMIER. Croquis D'Expressions no. 44. Charmant jeune trainant tous les coeurs après soi Cel qu'on depeint nos Dieux ou tel que je vous vois! Phedre. 6. GAVARNI. Les Rêves no. 2. Monsieur Joseph rêve qu'il est Cure et dit la Messe à St. Thomas d'Aquin. 7. DAUMIER. Croquis D'Expressions no. 2. 8. PLATIER. Profils Contemporains no. 15. Le Restaurateur. 9. BOUCHOT. Ce Que Parler Veut Dire no. 11. 10. GAVARNI. Transacions no. 7. Qu'est ce que tu me bailleras b'en si j' te rends ton fagot 11. BOUCHOT. Ce Que Parler Veut Dire no. 16. 12. BOUCHOT. Ce Que Parler Veut Dire no. 5. 13. PLATIER. Actualites no. 22. 14. PLATIER. Actualites no. 27. 15. PLATIER. Croquis D'Expressions no. 96. 16. GAVARNI. Actualités no. 1. 17. PLATIER. Croquis D'Expressions no. 89. 18. DAUMIER. Croquis D'Expressions no. 45. 19. PLATTEL. Actualités no. 1. 20. PLATIER. Les Mauvais Payeurs no. 4. Paris: Chez Aubert, Éditeur du Musée Philipon..., 1842 unknown
1787réf. 256660New York: Samuel Loudon 1787. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 2 plates one torn and one edgeworn and 1 table torn and with some paper loss. 602 pages with continuous pagination. Thick 8vo contemporary leather-backed boards with red label well-worn but sound and attractive. New York: Printed by Samuel Loudon and sold for the printer by Messieurs Berry and Rogers Hodge Campbell Allen and Greenleaf December 1787 - July 1788. 8 of 12 issues bound together. First editions. Some light toning and foxing and a handful of contemporary ink marginalia still a very good copy of these scarce American periodicals edited by Noah Webster. OCLC list NO physical copies in any library. Issues include: moral fiction curiosities travel descriptions of unusual or exotic places science religion biographical anecdotes poetry etc. A section of European and American current events marriages and deaths concludes each issue. Samuel Loudon unknown
réf. 06041Paris: Maison Martinet 1856. Mr. Papillon's Highly Amusing Voyage Around the World Love and Romance in Various Countries CHAM pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé. Mr. Papillon par Cham. Mr. Papillon ou L'Amour Autour du Monde. Paris: Maison Martinet 1856. Large quarto 13 3/8 x 10 inches; 339 x 254 mm. Pictorial hand-colored lithograph title-page and twenty hand-colored lithograph plates heightened with gum Arabic and containing sixty-eight amusing images. The plates clean and fresh with superb hand coloring. Publisher's red cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt plain spine inner hinges expertly strengthened. An excellent copy. Mr. Papillon's highly amusing voyage around the world depicting love and romance in different countries. We have handled this title once before - the plates were identical but the title was Mr. Papillon ou L'Amour Autour du Monde. Also the binding was identical with the exception that there was no lettering on the front cover. Rare. OCLC locates just one copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Bibliotheque Nationale de France. The plates: 1. - Mr. Papillon commence à croire qu'il finira par s'ennuyer dans la société de Mme. De St. Folichette. - Plusieurs fois déja il a trouve chez lui des chapeaux qui ne lui allaient pas du tout. - .et des cannes qu'il ne se connaissait point. 2. - Ne trouvant même plus de place dans ses armoires pour serrer ses effets. - Mr. Papillon demande une explication qui n'amene rien de bon. - Lui prouve qu'il n'est qu'un vilain jaloux que tous les torts sont de son côté et qu'il n'a qu'à se retirer. 3. - Mais pourquoi diable aussi s'être amourache d'une Francaise! Ce peuple est si léger!. une Anglaise c'est plus calme. - Lady Brighton qu'il a tres souvent recontrée dans les promenades voilà une passion qui doit être tranquille! - Malheureusement toutes ses affections paraissent portées sur son chien. - Comment entrer en conversation. Mr. Papillon y ayant bien réfléchi achète une chienne. 4. -Mr. Papillon se rend à la promenade suivi de sa chienne. - Le chien de Mylady arrive immédiatement. - Mr. Papillon prend sa chienne sous son bras et se retire. - Rentré chez lui le chien de Lylady devient rêveur et refuse de manger. 5. - My lady remarque avec douleur le changement qui s'opere depuis quelques jours chez son chien. - et ne voit qu'un moyen engager Mr. Papillon à venir prendre le thé chez elle accompagné de sa chienne. - Croyant le moment favorable Mr. Papillon se jette aux pieds de Mylady lui déclare qu'il ne peut désormais vivre sans elle et que si on le repousse il en finira avec la vie. de sa chienne! 6. - My lady pense à son chien Mr. Papillon triomphe. - A dater de ce moment Mr. Papillon obtient l'autorisation de suivre tous les jours Mylady à la chasse au renard. 7. - Au bout de quelques jours Mylady est prise d'un accès de spleen. - Et conduisant Mr. Papillon au fond de son parc elle le prie de vouloir la suivre et lui donner ainsi une dernière marque d'affection. - Mr. Papillon croit poli de faire au moins semblant. - Apres quoi il décampe de l'Angleterre sur le premier bateau vapeur venu et débarque a Cadix. 8. - Et tombe foudroyé d'amour devant dona Prunella qui se rend a la course de taureaux. - Profite de cet incident pour acheler immédiatement un costume de picador. - Mr. Papillon se présent dans l'arène avec l'aisance d'un homme qui a fait autre chose toute sa vie. 9. - Mr. Papillon commence à croire que le véritable picadore n'est pas lui. - Et pense que son costume a du perdre de sa rigidité. - Mr. Papillon est de nouveau tiré de ses réflexions. 10. Heureusement il est une providence pour les amoureux; Mr. Papillon va tomber aux pieds de dona Prunella - qui par ses soins touchants et pas mal de cataplasmes apporte un adoucissement à sa mésaventure. - Et autorise Mr. Papillon qui a repris son costume ordinaire a venir tous les soirs de 8 à 10 donner une sérénade sous son balcon. 11. - Ayant un soir dépassé la dixieme heure Mr. Papillon se trouve nez à nez avec un rival qui a l'autorisation de 10 à 11 heures de nuit. - Beaucoup moins fort que son rival sur la guitare Mr. Papillon en recoit un fort coup sur la tête. - Dona Prunella soupçonnant qu'elle pourrait fort bien être pour quelque chose dans le nouvel accident arrivé a Mr. Papillon croit de son devoir de le recouvrir de nouveau de cataplasmes. - Rappelé à la vie Mr. Papillon veut témoigner sa reconnaissance compliquée de pas mal d'amour Dona Prunella réplique Cachucha et lui casse deux dents. 12. Mr. Papillon soupire après une femme qui ferait moins facilement ce qu'elle veut de ses pieds;. une Chinoise! Voilà son affaire. - Ne connaissant pas d'obstacles quand il s'agit peut-être de son bonheur Mr. Papillon débarque en Chine. - Mr. Papillon jetant ses regards autour de lui tombe éperdument amoureux de la belle Péko femme de Mandarin. 13. - S'habille en Chinois et entre comme enseigne chez le marchand de thé dont la boutique fait face aux fenêtres de la belle Péko. - Rentrant chez lui le mandarin remarque le magot Papillon et le trouve cocasse. - L'achète au marchand de the pour en garnir la cheminée de sa femme. 14. - L'ayant fait placer sur la cheminee le mandarin sort faire administrer cent coups de baton au professeur de tam-tam de Mme. Peko le soupconnant tres fort de faire la cour a son eleve. - Mr. Papillon profite de la circonstance pour sauter de la cheminee et expliquer la purete de ses intentions a Madame. - Regardant par la fenetre et voyant assommer le professeur de tam-tam la mandarine suppose qu'il ne sera plus bon a grand chose - et qu'elle ferait aussi bien de suivre Mr. Papillon qui lui en fait l'offre et parait un galant homme. 15. - Malheureusement ses pieds trop petits pour la porter la font tomber sur le nez au moment ou elle veut executer son projet. - Mr. Papillon tombe également au bruit de la sonnette qui annonce le retour du mandarin. - Le mandarin ramasse sa femme et considérant son magot s'étonne de ce qu'il soit tombé de la cheminée sans se casser. - Il lui campe un fort coup de baton sur la tête afin de se rendre bien compte de la dureté de sa pâte. 16. - Etonnement du mandarin qui reçoit une réplique à laquelle il était loin de s'attendre de la part d'un magot de cheminée. - Venant à avoir des soupçons le mandarin obtient jugement et condamnation contre son magot qui subit aussitôt la peine. - Le bourreau s'étant heureusement endormi au milieu de la cérémonie Mr. Papillon décampe avec le morceau de bois instrument de son supplice. - et parvient à le vendre à un peintre comme cadre pour un de ses tableaux. 17. - Poursuive et sur le point de tomber entre les mains des soldats du mandarin Mr. Papillon supplie un bourgeois Chinois de vouloir bien le chacher dans sa maison. - Le bourgeois y consent à la condition que Mr. Papillon lui donnera une marque de confiance à laquelle on tient beaucoup en Chine. - Le Chinois manque un bêau jour on bût; Mr. Papillon lui retire sa confiance et sa personne. - Ayant repris ses anciens effets et s'embarquant comme de coutume sur le premier bateau a vapeur venu Mr. Papillon débarque en Laponie. 18. - Mr. Papillon n'en est pas fache car il n'aura rien a craindre de maris aussi petits dans le cas ou ils viendraient à entrer en fureur. - Aussi se donne-t-il un affreux tour de reins en adressant ses hommages à une Lapone. - Ayant obtenu un rendez-vous le mari Lapon venant à rentrer Madame fait chacher Mr. Papillon dans son armoire. - Mr. Papillon a beau faire le mari Lapon aperçoit quelque chose. 19. - Mr.Papillon prend la fuite mais le mari Lapon monte en voiture et lui donne la chasse. - Mr Papillon est saisi par l'équipage. - Heureusement pour lui son tailleur lui fournissait de mauvaises étoffes. 20. - Mr. Papillon gagne le port le plus voisin s'embarque comme d'habitude sur le premier vaisseau venu et débarque en Corse - où il parvient a nouer une intrigue dont il se dégoûte vite en voyant le couteau de la vendetta piqué dans sa porte comme avertissement. - Rentré en France Mr. Papillon éprouve le besoin de faire une fin Malheureusement ses aventures ayant fait du bruit il épouse sa femme de ménage qui seule voulut bien accepter sa main. Paris: Maison Martinet, 1856 unknown
réf. 05541Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1850. Jokes in Poor Taste CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Turlupinades Contrariétés et Autres Amusemens Négatifs Jokes in Poor Taste Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. ca. 1850. First edition. Folio 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 337 x 251 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen full-page hand-colored lithographed plates with captions. Advertisement leaf at end Maison de Commission. Des Modes Parisiennes. Publisher's pictorial glazed green boards. Original glassine wrapper. A superb example. OCLC locates just four copies worldwide: Morgan Library & Museum; New York Public Library; Getty Institute; University of Illinois. 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. The Plates: 1. Tout ça c'est bel et bon! It's all well and good! 2. L'éducation es tune bonne chose! Education is a good thing! 3. Hardi! Conscrit la patrie a les yeux sur toi!. Daring! Conscript the fatherland has its eyes on you!. 4. Je veux que mon fils ait un prix! I want my son to have a prize! 5. Mes papiers.mes papiers! My papers.my papers! 6. Tiens tiens elle était pressée c'tte lettre Well well she was in a hurry that letter 7. De de quoi.de de quoi!. From what.from what!. 8. Malheureux! Tu me feras blancher avant l'âge. Unfortunate! You will make me white before my age. 9. Enfin j'en tiens un!. Finally I got one!. 10. Non vous ne vous trompez pas! No you are not mistaken! 11. Je risqué tout tant pis pour moi! I risked everything too bad for me! 12. Ah! Vous êtes ambitieux! Ah! You are ambitious! 13. Qué bonheur m'ssieu! What happiness sir! 14. Cré coquin mes chemises neuves. Naughty creation my new shirts. 15. Y sont drôles les maitres! The masters are funny there! Bobins IV 1349. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850 unknown
1787réf. 256660New York: Samuel Loudon 1787. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 2 plates one torn and one edgeworn and 1 table torn and with some paper loss. 602 pages with continuous pagination. Thick 8vo contemporary leather-backed boards with red label well-worn but sound and attractive. New York: Printed by Samuel Loudon and sold for the printer by Messieurs Berry and Rogers Hodge Campbell Allen and Greenleaf December 1787 - July 1788. 8 of 12 issues bound together. First editions. Some light toning and foxing and a handful of contemporary ink marginalia still a very good copy of these scarce American periodicals edited by Noah Webster. OCLC list NO physical copies in any library. Issues include: moral fiction curiosities travel descriptions of unusual or exotic places science religion biographical anecdotes poetry etc. A section of European and American current events marriages and deaths concludes each issue. Samuel Loudon unknown books
réf. 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
réf. mon0000231255Cambridge University Press 2019-04-25. Paperback. Very Good. 1.1991 27.1793 21.7834. Unread. Cambridge University Press paperback
réf. 04977Paris: Aux Bureaux du Charivari 1871. Thirty-Nine Wonderfully Satiric Images by Daumier & Cham of the Siege of Paris by the Prussian army in the Winter of 1870-1871 CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. DAUMIER Honoré. Album du Siége Par Cham et Daumier. Recueil de Caricatures publiées pendant Le Siege dans Le Charivari. Paris: Aux Bureaux du Charivari 1871. First edition. Large quarto 12 x 9 5/8 inches; 305 x 244 mm. Pictorial lithograph title-page Cham and thirty-nine fine lithograph plates ten of which are by Honoré Daumier and the rest by Cham. Publisher's red pebbled cloth over boards front cover lettered in gilt marbled endpapers. Thirty-nine wonderfully satiric images of the siege of Paris by the Prussian army in the winter of 1870-1871 originally published in Le Charivari and reprinted as an album in 1871 with a new image used for the title page. OCLC locates just sixteen copies in libraries and institutions worldwide nine in the USA four in the Netherlands two in Germany and one in Australia ten of these appear to be bound without the pictorial title. It would seem that this volume was only issued with uncolored plates. "For many of Daumier's admirers his lithographs of 1870-1871 represent the peak of his achievement. They are in his last style massive stripped down direct which speaks as nothing else could for this tragic period in France's history. The Siege of Paris - that took place from 19th September 1870 to 28th January 1871 and the consequent capture of the city by Prussian force - culminated in France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and the establishment of both the German Empire and the Paris Commune - the radical socialist anti-religious and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18th March to 28th May 1871. The Franco-Prussian War had led to the capture of Emperor Napoleon III in September 1870 the collapse of the Second French Empire and the beginning of the Third Republic. The Plates: 1. Pictorial title-page Cham 2. Modes Parisiennes en prévision du bombardment Cham 112 3. Le bombardment Cham 5 4. La valeur Prussienne n'attendant pas le nombre des années Cham 8 5. Ceci a tué cela Daumier 3845 6. Plus de Gaz Cham 127 7. Préparant les éntrennes pour son peuple Cham 8. Pour ne pas être bléssé je n'ai qu'a mettre ce plastron Oui monsieur en ayant soin bien entendu de ne pas sortir de chez vous Cham 107 9. Un paysage en 1870 Daumier 3828 10. Laissez appuyer moâ sur le bras à vôs! Fallait pas me laisser amputer Cham 129 11. T'allais jamais à l'Église autrefois Pour le pain bénit on ne fait pas la queue Cham 18 12. Tu t'es mis un faux ventre! Pour faire des sorties pour montrer à l'ennemi que nous avons beaucoup de vivres Cham 106 13. Les animaux du jardin des plantes faisant queue comme tout le monde pour avoir leur viande Cham 110 14. Square Napoléon Daumier 3824 15. Je me suis mis dans les volontaires! Animal! Tu n'as pas 35 ans! On va dire que nous ne sommes pas mariés! Cham 121 16. Ce pauvre Henri IV voyant emmener son cheval chez le boucher Cham 130 17. Épouvantée de l'héritage Daumier 3838 18. Madame Putois j/aurais tout de même jamais cru que vous tueriez votre chien pour nous en faire manger - Il a bien fallu. il était enrage! Cham 17 19. Maintenant j'adore les gens grêlés ils me rappellent le gruyere! Cham 120 20. Plus de viande! Allons donc! Cham 123 21. Rationnement du pain - un monsieur allant diner en ville Cham 16 22. Les Nouveaux Gardiens de Paris Cham 111 23. Six heures et demie - les chevaux de Madame la Marquise sont sur la table Cham 104 24. Le danger de manger de la souris est qu'ensuite votre chat ne coure après Cham 119 25. On aurait pu profiter de passage du ballon-poste pour surprendre l'ennemi Cham 96 26. L'empire c'est la paix Daumier 3814 27. Ils auront beau emporter les pendules ils n'empêcheront pas l'heure de la vengeance de sonner Cham 138 28. Nous ne nous serions jamais doutés tout de même que nous naviguerions un jour sur ce vaisseau-là Daumier 3819 29. Le nouveau char de la victoire Daumier 3849 30. Le revers de la médaille de Sainte-Hélène Cham 108 31. Soldats! Il fait très froid; mais si l'on est content de vous on donnera un paletot fourré. au maréchal Fritz Cham 122 32. La queue pour la viande de rats Cham 124 33. Pauvre France!. le tronc est foudroyé mais les raciness tiennent bon! Daumier 3843 34. Tant bis! Il aurait brobablement ennuyé blu tard les enfants de Fritz Cham 6 35. J'ai besoin de quitter Paris - Pour rejoinder votre femme - Au contraire; voila cinq mois qu'elle ne m'a pas quitté Cham 27 36. L'unité allemande Daumier 3831 37. Les Prussiens m'ont donné un cigare! - C'est bien le moins alors qu'un Francais te donne aussi quelque chose Cham 28 38. Aveugle! C'est triste mais c'est encore de la chance dans ce moment-ci! Cham 22 39. Moi je suis ravitaillé!. le rests m'est égal Daumier 3851 40. Après le Siége Cham 113 "Particularly to be noted are his bitter reflections on the legend which Charlet Bellangé Raffet and their imitators had helped to create. The desolate battleground of "The empire means peace" no. 26 offers an ironic commentary on an epigram uttered by Napoleon III in 1852. His "Square Napoleon" no. 14 displays the gravestones of those for whose death the Emperor has been responsible beginning with the Boulevard Monmartre in the winter of 1851 and ending with Sedan in 1870. In Cham's "The reverse of the Saint Helena medal" no. 30 indeed the country's disaster is attributed specifically to Napoleon Bonaparte as well as to Napoleon III. Daumier's first plate for 1871 showing France "Appalled by her heritage" no. 17 is bleak indeed but a later design offers a gleam of hope: "Poor France!. The trunk blasted but the roots hold fast" no. 33. It should be mentioned that Cham's contributions to this album though trivial in comparison with Daumier's monumental compositions are by no means negligible. He provides the detail that Daumier omitted. The horrors of the bombardment are recorded in his plates but so too is the black humor of Parisian life during the siege. For example he shows the population pursuing food in any form - horses cats rats even a large woman regarded with speculation by an impudent boy: "No more meat! - Let's go then!" no. 20. The plates included in Album du siège were transferred to zinc for engraving by Gillot's process rather than printed directly from Daumier's lithographic stones." Gordon N. Ray. The Art of the French Illustrated Book 1700 to 1914 p. 245. Paris: Aux Bureaux du Charivari, 1871 unknown books
