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réf. 04871Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Thirty Three of Forty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER Henri illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes Nouvelles et Inédites avec des vignettes de Devéria et des dessins coloriées d'Henri Monnier. Suivies des Procès Intentés a l'Auteur. Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. First edition. Two octavo volumes 8 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 207 x 130 mm. ii 1-439 1 blank; iv 1-438 pp. Some light waterstaining to the top edge of the first few leaves in volume one not affecting text. Thirty-three of forty superb hand colored lithograph plates by Henri Monnier and numerous charming black & white vignettes by Achille Devèria. The color plates have the original tissue guards. The plates that were never included in this copy are numbers: 21 26 28 31 35 37 & 39. These seven plates are highlighted below within the listing of all 40 plates. Contemporary quarter russia over blue boards spines decoratively ruled in gilt two black morocco labels lettered in gilt pink marbled endpapers. Head and tail of spines expertly and almost invisibly repaired corners rubbed. Bookplates removed from front pastedowns. A very good copy. KVK locates no complete copies; OCLC locates just one complete copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallee-Bu France. All other copies that are recorded or that we know of have the same thirty-three of forty hand colored plates. It would appear that the seven plates numbers 21 26 28 31 35 37 & 39 were either destroyed soon after printing or purposely left out in all but the very first copies. Pierre-Jean de Béranger 1780-1857 was a prolific French poet and chansonnier songwriter who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music". The Chansons were composed with fastidious care and are most notable for their clarity wit and incisiveness however the socialist and revolutionary content of his songs resulted in several brushes with the authorities resulting in his nine month incarceration in La Force Prison. Stephens Lyne-Stephens 1801-1860 was an English Tory politician who represented Barnstaple before the 1832 Reform Act. After inheriting a family fortune from glass manufacture in Portugal he was later reputed to be the richest commoner in England. The plates: 1. Le Roi d'Yvetot 2. La Bacchante 3. Le Sénateur 4. La Gaudriole 5. Roger Bontemps 6. Ma Grand'Mère 7. Ma Mère Aveugle 8. Le Petit Homme Gris 9. La Bonne Fille 10. L'Éducation des Demoiselles 11. Madame Grégoire 12. Les Gueux 13. Le Vieux Célibataire 14. Le Commencement du Voyage 15. Requête des Chiens de Qualité 16. Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons! 17. Le Nouveau Diogène 18. Le Maitre d'École 19. La Chatte 20. Bon Vin et Fillette 21. L'Habit de Cour p. 205 22. Ce n'est plus Lisette 23. L'Hiver 24. la Bonne Vieille 25. La Vivandière 26. L'Exilé p. 285 27. La Bouquetière et le Croque-Mort 28. Le Bon Vieillard p. 315 29. L'Aveugle de Bagnolet 30. Les Cartes ou L'Horoscope 31. La Marquise de Pretintaille p. 402 32. Le Tailleur et la Fée 33. Le Violon Brisé 34. Les Hirondelles 35. La Fuite de l'Amour p. 87 36. Le Vieux Sergent 37. Le Voyageur p. 111 38. Le Grenier 39. Les Deux Grenadiers p. 169 40. Les Souvenirs du Peuple Marie 653-692. Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828 unknown books
1829réf. CLL-4341829-1833 En tout 5 vols in-12, maroquin marine, filets dorés en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs ornés de caissons de fleurons dorés, coupes et bordures décorées, tranches dorées (Pouillet).
1834réf. 791261834-1835 | 26 x 33 cm | 3 volumes reliés
réf. 04871Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Thirty Three of Forty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER Henri illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes Nouvelles et Inédites avec des vignettes de Devéria et des dessins coloriées d'Henri Monnier. Suivies des Procès Intentés a l'Auteur. Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. First edition. Two octavo volumes 8 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 207 x 130 mm. ii 1-439 1 blank; iv 1-438 pp. Some light waterstaining to the top edge of the first few leaves in volume one not affecting text. Thirty-three of forty superb hand colored lithograph plates by Henri Monnier and numerous charming black & white vignettes by Achille Devèria. The color plates have the original tissue guards. The plates that were never included in this copy are numbers: 21 26 28 31 35 37 & 39.These seven plates are highlighted below within the listing of all 40 plates. Contemporary quarter russia over blue boards spines decoratively ruled in gilt two black morocco labels lettered in gilt pink marbled endpapers. Head and tail of spines expertly and almost invisibly repaired corners rubbed. Bookplates removed from front pastedowns. A very good copy. "The forty drawings by Henri Monnier lithographed with a pen on stone and colored with a brush are very rare complete. Seven of these lithographs are often missing they are: The Court Dress The Exile The Good Old Man The Marquise of Pretintaille The Flight of Love The Voyager The two Grenadiers." Carteret III p. 72. KVK locates no complete copies; OCLC locates just one complete copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallee-Bu France. All other copies that are recorded or that we know of have the same thirty-three of forty hand colored plates. It would appear that the seven plates numbers 21 26 28 31 35 37 & 39 were either destroyed soon after printing or purposely left out in all but the very first copies. "Monnier also illustrated Béranger's Chansons creating numerous series over time that reflect his admiration for Béranger's work. His lithographs and early watercolors despite their small size demonstrate his extreme finesse and simplicity. Monnier's bright flat colors encircled by precise pen or pencil strokes bring his subjects to life with values and shadows indicated by more or less dense hatching. Some watercolors from this period appear almost as pen drawings enhanced with color due to the prominence of the pen work." Marie. Pierre-Jean de Béranger 1780-1857 was a prolific French poet and chansonnier songwriter who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music". The Chansons were composed with fastidious care and are most notable for their clarity wit and incisiveness however the socialist and revolutionary content of his songs resulted in several brushes with the authorities resulting in his nine month incarceration in La Force Prison. Stephens Lyne-Stephens 1801-1860 was an English Tory politician who represented Barnstaple before the 1832 Reform Act. After inheriting a family fortune from glass manufacture in Portugal he was later reputed to be the richest commoner in England. The plates: 1. Le Roi d'Yvetot 2. La Bacchante 3. Le Sénateur 4. La Gaudriole 5. Roger Bontemps 6. Ma Grand'Mère 7. Ma Mère Aveugle 8. Le Petit Homme Gris 9. La Bonne Fille 10. L'Éducation des Demoiselles 11. Madame Grégoire 12. Les Gueux 13. Le Vieux Célibataire 14. Le Commencement du Voyage 15. Requête des Chiens de Qualité 16. Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons! 17. Le Nouveau Diogène 18. Le Maitre d'École 19. La Chatte 20. Bon Vin et Fillette 21. L'Habit de Cour p. 205 22. Ce n'est plus Lisette 23. L'Hiver 24. la Bonne Vieille 25. La Vivandière 26. L'Exilé p. 285 27. La Bouquetière et le Croque-Mort 28. Le Bon Vieillard p. 315 29. L'Aveugle de Bagnolet 30. Les Cartes ou L'Horoscope 31. La Marquise de Pretintaille p. 402 32. Le Tailleur et la Fée 33. Le Violon Brisé 34. Les Hirondelles 35. La Fuite de l'Amour p. 87 36. Le Vieux Sergent 37. Le Voyageur p. 111 38. Le Grenier 39. Les Deux Grenadiers p. 169 40. Les Souvenirs du Peuple Champfleury Monnier p.364; Escoffier The Romantic Movement N°675; Marie 653-692; Vicaire I-402. Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828 unknown
réf. 04859Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Thirty Three of Forty as is often the case Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER Henri illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes Nouvelles et Inédites avec des vignettes de Devéria et des dessins coloriées d'Henri Monnier. Suivies des Procès Intentés a l'Auteur. Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. First edition. Two octavo volumes 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 209 x 130 mm. ii 1-439 1 blank; ii 1-438 pp. Bound without the half-titles and the additional four-page preface in volume one. Plate 18 Le Maitre D'École and the following two leaves of text pp. 135-138 with neatly repaired tears marginal on plate. Light scattered foxing throughout mainly affecting text only. Thirty-three of forty superb hand colored lithograph plates by Henri Monnier and numerous charming black & white vignettes by Achille Devèria. The plates that were never included in this copy are numbers: 21 26 28 31 35 37 & 39. These seven plates are highlighted below within the listing of all 40 plates. Contemporary English bead-grain brown morocco covers elaborately decorated in gilt and blind. Spines with four raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments powder blue coated endpapers all edges gilt. Spines slightly darkened light rubbing to extremities. With the armorial bookplate of Stephens Lyne Stephens on front pastedowns. A very good copy in a contemporary binding. "The forty drawings by Henri Monnier lithographed with a pen on stone and colored with a brush are very rare complete. Seven of these lithographs are often missing they are: The Court Dress The Exile The Good Old Man The Marquise of Pretintaille The Flight of Love The Voyager The two Grenadiers." Carteret III p. 72. KVK locates no complete copies; OCLC locates just one complete copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallee-Bu France. "Monnier also illustrated Béranger's Chansons creating numerous series over time that reflect his admiration for Béranger's work. His lithographs and early watercolors despite their small size demonstrate his extreme finesse and simplicity. Monnier's bright flat colors encircled by precise pen or pencil strokes bring his subjects to life with values and shadows indicated by more or less dense hatching. Some watercolors from this period appear almost as pen drawings enhanced with color due to the prominence of the pen work." Marie. Pierre-Jean de Béranger 1780-1857 was a prolific French poet and chansonnier songwriter who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music". The Chansons were composed with fastidious care and are most notable for their clarity wit and incisiveness however the socialist and revolutionary content of his songs resulted in several brushes with the authorities resulting in his nine month incarceration in La Force Prison. Stephens Lyne-Stephens 1801-1860 was an English Tory politician who represented Barnstaple before the 1832 Reform Act. After inheriting a family fortune from glass manufacture in Portugal he was later reputed to be the richest commoner in England. The plates: 1. Le Roi d'Yvetot 2. La Bacchante 3. Le Sénateur 4. La Gaudriole 5. Roger Bontemps 6. Ma Grand'Mère 7. Ma Mère Aveugle 8. Le Petit Homme Gris 9. La Bonne Fille 10. L'Éducation des Demoiselles 11. Madame Grégoire 12. Les Gueux 13. Le Vieux Célibataire 14. Le Commencement du Voyage 15. Requête des Chiens de Qualité 16. Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons! 17. Le Nouveau Diogène 18. Le Maitre d'École 19. La Chatte 20. Bon Vin et Fillette 21. L'Habit de Cour p. 205 22. Ce n'est plus Lisette 23. L'Hiver 24. la Bonne Vieille 25. La Vivandière 26. L'Exilé p. 285 27. La Bouquetière et le Croque-Mort 28. Le Bon Vieillard p. 315 29. L'Aveugle de Bagnolet 30. Les Cartes ou L'Horoscope 31. La Marquise de Pretintaille p. 402 32. Le Tailleur et la Fée 33. Le Violon Brisé 34. Les Hirondelles 35. La Fuite de l'Amour p. 87 36. Le Vieux Sergent 37. Le Voyageur p. 111 38. Le Grenier 39. Les Deux Grenadiers p. 169 40. Les Souvenirs du Peuple Champfleury Monnier p.364; Escoffier The Romantic Movement N°675; Marie 653-692; Vicaire I-402. Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828 unknown
1834réf. 791261834. Fine. 1834-1835 26 x 33 cm 3 volumes reliés First edition. Contemporary green half morocco bindings spines uniformly sunned with gilt fillets and dentelle motifs marbled paper covers morocco label ""Marie Seillan"" pasted on each volume spine-ends rubbed otherwise a handsome copy. Scattered foxing paper on some issues a little browned. Detailed volume contents : - Volume 1: 26 issues nos. 1 to 26 and 26 scores 2 lithographs with the first two scores an engraved portrait of Rossini vignettes in the text. - Volume 2: 25 issues nos. 27 to 52 and 26 scores vignettes in the text. - Volume 3: 26 issues nos. 1 to 26 and 26 scores two scores are missing and have been replaced by three others. Complete last volume with all lithographs as they were supplied without supplement for this new series. unknown
1886réf. 22527Paris Librairie L. Conquet 1886 -in-8 demi-Maroquin 6 volumes, reliure demi-maroquin bleu-roi in-octavo à coins (half morocco binding in-8 with corners) (24,7 x 16,5 cm), reliure d'Epoque signée : R. RAPARLIER (Romain Raparlier, cest le relieur préféré dAnatole France, dont il évoque déjà le nom dans « le livre du Bibliophile », en 1876 (établi relieur à paris dès 1855. Il exerça jusque dans les années 1880), dos à nerfs (spine with raised band), décoré or et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), titre frappé "or" avec un filet "or" en encadrement, filet perlé "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, entre-nerfs à décoration "or" à feuillages et entrelacs "or" dans un encadrement à double filets "or", double filets "or" en tête et en pied, date et lieu frappés "or" en pied, plats décorés "or" d'un filet "or" au mors et aux coins, papier marbré bleu-foncé, bleu-clair et vieux rose aux plats, tête lisse dorée, gouttière et tranche de queue non-rognées, dos trés legèrement frotté mais vraiment trés légèrement (voir Photos)..... GRAVURES COMME SUIT : CHANSONS DE BERANGER : 2 volumes, double frontispice, portraits de Beranger par Ary Scheffer sur chine gravé par Dutillois (de l'Edition de 1834) + portrait gravé sur cuivre par Pannier d'après Sandoz sur blanc avec la lettre (pas d'ovale) + un portrait de Beranger gravé sur bois par Charlet (regard à gauche)(de l'Edition de 1834) + 52 gravures sur acier hors-texte en noir entièrement inédites d'après les dessins de MM. Charlet, A. de Lemud, Johannot, Daubigny, Pauquet, Jacques, Penguilly, de Rudder, Raffet, Sandoz + 118 gravures (13,5 x 9cm) sur chine monté contrecollées gravées en noir (dont de nombreuses gravures "osées" avec titre en noir mais sans le nom de l'auteur, ni du graveur ni de l'editeur mais avec serpentes) et 39 gravures lithographiées en couleurs (aquarellées à la main) de l'Edition 1828 par Henri MONNIER (intercalées au moment de la reliure aux endroits des chansons correspondantes) [le fac-similé double page de la lettre adressée à Perrotin par Béranger à été reliée au dos du titre du volume "ma Biographie" ], (XL + 411) + (401) pages, 1847 Paris Perrotin Editeur, 2EME EDITION ORIGINALE, la dernière du vivant de l'auteur contenant 10 chansons nouvelles + MUSIQUE DES CHANSONS DE P-J. BERANGER contenant les airs anciens et modernes les plus usités, orné de 202 planches hors-texte en noir sur chine monté et ou la même gravure sur blanc avec lettre blanche par J.J. GRANVILLE et RAFFET + un nouveau portrait de beranger en pied en frontispice en noir + une gravure au titre en noir , 292 pages, 1847 Paris Perrotin Editeur, Quatrième édition + DERNIERES CHANSONS DE BERANGER de 1834 à 1851, orné de 14 gravures hors-texte sur acier en noir par A. de LEMUD + 2 portraits lithographiés en noir aquarellés en partie en couleurs + 24 lithographies couleurs hors-texte (aquarellées à la main) par Henri MONNIER, XI + 372 pages, 1857 Paris Perrotin Editeur, Edition Originale (Posthume), + MA BIOGRAPHIE, orné d'un portrait de Béranger en pied dessiné par CHARLET, gravé sur bois par Vallot (regard à gauche) sur papier teinté, auquel on a rajouté à la reliure : les gravures de Raffet, Sandoz et Wattier de l'Edition de 1860 (sans la photographie) + un fac-similé double page de la lettre adressée à Perrotin par Béranger reliée avec par le relieur mais appartenant à lk'editions des chansons de Beranger de 1847), 1857 Paris, Perrotin Editeur, EDITION ORIGINALE POSTHUME, + CHANSONS DE BERANGER - SUPPLEMENT, un des 160 Exemplaires sur Velin (tirage à 175 exemplaires), sans illustrations, 159 pages, 1866 Paris Chez les Marchands de Nouveautes Editeur, Volume Tres RARE regroupant les chansons érotiques....
1830réf. 558701830-1849. Creased where folded; fine. Various sizes. From the library of Poetry Magazine. Most of the letters are 2 pp. to 3 pp. in length. unknown
1821réf. 45324Sous deux étuis bordés parfaitement ajustés pour placer dans l'ordre les 6 tomes. Reliure plein maroquin bleu-nuit. Dos lisse avec deux encadrements de 4 filets dorés droits. Sextuple encadrement de filets droits sur les plats. Filet double sur les coupes. Cinq filets droits intérieurs. Toutes tranches dorées sur témoins. Reliure signée CHAMBOLLE-DURU.
1856réf. 32735Michel Lévy Frères Couverture rigide illustrée Paris 1856 Edition originale
1847réf. 15285Paris, Perrotin, éditeur de la méthode Wilhem et de l'Orphéon, 1847. 56 livraisons grand in-8 en feuilles sous couvertures générales crème et couvertures de livraisons jaunes, toutes illustrées, sous chemise-étui, demi-maroquin bordeaux, dos lisse orné (Lavaux).
1828réf. LCI-5982Paris, Baudouin Frères 1828 3 in-8 439 + 438 + 283 pp. Edition en partie originale des Chansons de Béranger avec 33 chansons inéditesChansons anciennes, nouvelles et inédites. Suivies des procès intentés à l'auteur, avec des vignettes de Deveria et des dessins coloriés d'Henri Monnier. + Chansons nouvelles et dernièresParis, Baudouin Frères, 1828 - Perrotin,in-8 (21 x 13.5 cm) ; En reliure uniforme, les "chansons nouvelles et dernières", à l'adresse de Perrotin, paru en 1828.Exemplaire enrichi de 103 planches gravées intercalée dans les 3 volumes (51+34+16), tirées pour la grande majorité de l'édition Perrotin, dont deux portraits de l'auteur en frontispice (un sur Chine)Très bel exemplaire établi dans trois reliures de luxe , chiffre doré sur le cuir des plats, têtes dorées. (reliure signée Lortic fils).Etat : dos insolés sinon reliures en excellente condition. Intérieurs très frais, rares rousseurs, une à deux planches jaunies (sans gravité).
1847réf. 3041Paris chez Perrotin & Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, Paris 1847-1866 Œuvres composites reliés en 6 volumes, grands in 8 en demi maroquin rouge à coins, à longs grains, dos à cinq nerfs ornés au petits fers, filet doré bordant les plats, portant en tomaisons « Chansons I » ; « Chanson II », « Dernière chanson », « Ma biographie », « Musique des chansons », et « Supplément ». Et en queue les dates de 1857 pour les deux premiers volumes 1860 pour les deux suivants, 1865 et 1866 pour les deux derniers. Mors de deux volumes restaurés. Reliure signée de Champs.Exemplaire unique, enrichi 28 dessins et lavis, (19 lavis et 9 dessins) les figures en double états avant la lettre sur chine monté et avec la lettre sur blanc, truffé de deux lettre autographes de Béranger et d’un manuscrit original. Couvertures et dos conservés, truffé de prospectus sur papiers de couleurs, couvertures de livraisons. Les dessins et lavis au sépia et encre de chine sont signés de Penguilly (2), Charles Jacque (2), Lemud (15 dont celui du frontispice), les dessins à la mine de plomb sont par Messieurs Tony Johannot (7)
1847réf. CLL-67Paris, Perrotin, 1847 6 volumes in-8 de (4) ff. (dont 2 fac-similé de lettre), XL 407 pp., (2) ff., 24 couvertures de livraisons de papier jaune imprimées et gravées. - (2) ff., 401, (1) pp., (1) f., 25 couvertures de livraisons de papier jaune imprimées et gravées. - (2) ff., III, 374 pp., (2) ff., 8 pp. du catalogue Perrotin. - (2) ff., 416 pp., 8 pp. du catalogue Perrotin. - (3) ff., 344 pp. - 159 pp., maroquin marine, dos unis ornés de caissons de fleurons dorés aux petits fers et frappés aux centres de lyres dans des losanges. couvertures et dos conservés (Mercier Sr de Cuzin). Les dos sont absolument uniformes mais chaque série possède une décoration particulière des plats et des doublures : Chansons I et II : plats ornés de filets d'encadrement dorés, fleurons d'angles, doubles filets sur les coupes, doublures de maroquin rouge, dentelles intérieures, gardes de soie rouge, tranches dorées sur témoins. Dernières chansons et Biographie : filets dorés en encadrement sur les plats, doubles filets sur les coupes, dentelles intérieures, tranches dorées sur témoins. Musique et Supplément : demi maroquin marine à coins bordé d'un filet doré, têtes dorées, non rognés.
1850réf. 4694Devilish Burlesque - Poetry Illustrated DUBOULOY A. Amphigouri diabolique. Satirical pencil drawings based on text by Pierre-Jean de Beranger. Paris ca 1850.£3800 Oblong 4to ll. 6 225 x 300mm of pencil drawings undated ca 1825/1830; title with old repair to marginal tear not touching the illustration some light foxing and a little dust-soiled; inscription in ink on front free endpaper 'vente a Dubouloy dessiné par lui'; later half red crushed morocco over red cloth spine in compartments gilt lettering directly to spine 'Amphigouri'; with two book plates to front pastedown: M Ch. Duplomb and the exlibris of Lucienne Corneux Filloux bookplate engraved by Decaris. Six fine original pencil drawings depicting an array of comical devilish figures involved in burlesque acts to illustrate Béranger's erotic poem Amphigouri. Pierre-Jean de Béranger 1780 - 1857 was a prolific French poet and chansonnier who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during the period of the Restoration. He found fame with his first published collection of songs and poems in 1815 Chansons morales et autre. His material was greatly in demand in in the singing societies or 'goguettes' which sprang up during the Restoration and the July Monarchy as a means of circumventing censorship laws and the ban on political parties. He was a highly successful performer of his own songs and thus an ancestor of post war French chansonniers. He has been described as the most 'popular songwriter of all time' and 'the first superstar of French popular music' L. Portis French Frenzie. A Social History of Popular Music in France' 2004 pp. 11ff. These six pencil drawings were produced in his lifetime and dedicated to him by the artist A. Dubuloy. Dubouloy has deliberately given Berenger's Amphigouri a 'diabolical' twist and depicts his figures within the gaping mouth of the Devil. The illustrations were apparently never published. n.p.
1828réf. 7462Paris, Baudouin frères, 1828. 4 volumes in-8 en demi-maroquin vert à grains longs, avec coins, dos lisse orné de fers romantiques, doubles filets dorés sur les plats, non rogné, avec les couvertures conservées des 10 livraisons de l'édition de Baudouin, mais également les couvertures - verte et jaune de 6 de livraisons de l'édition des vignettes chez Perrotin, avec un envoi autographe de ce dernier. Belles reliures Pastiches dues au maître du genre, Bernasconi. La reliure est signée par Bernasconi.
réf. 04846Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Forty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER Henri illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes Nouvelles et Inédites avec des vignettes de Devéria et des dessins coloriées d'Henri Monnier. Suivies des Procès Intentés a l'Auteur. Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. First edition. Two octavo volumes 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 220 x 143 mm. iv iv 1-439 1 blank; iv 1-438 pp. Forty superb hand colored lithograph plates by Henri Monnier and numerous charming black & white vignettes by Achille Devèria. Handsomely bound ca. 1890 by Paul-Romain Raparlier stamp signed in black on verso of front endpapers in three quarter red morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments marbled endpapers top edge gilt others uncut. A very fine copy of this extremely rare Monnier title complete with all forty hand colored plates. KVK locates no complete copies; OCLC locates just one complete copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallee-Bu France. Pierre-Jean de Béranger 1780-1857 was a prolific French poet and chansonnier songwriter who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music". The Chansons were composed with fastidious care and are most notable for their clarity wit and incisiveness however the socialist and revolutionary content of his songs resulted in several brushes with the authorities resulting in his nine month incarceration in La Force Prison. RAPARLIER Paul-Romain 1858-1900 binder. Master French Art Nouveux bookbinder Paul-Romain Raparlier "was the most enthusiastic innovator and the boldest French binder of the Nouveau period. He execrted many commissions from the London bookseller Henry Sotheran. The plates: 1. Le Roi d'Yvetot 2. La Bacchante 3. Le Sénateur 4. La Gaudriole 5. Roger Bontemps 6. Ma Grand'Mère 7. Ma Mère Aveugle 8. Le Petit Homme Gris 9. La Bonne Fille 10. L'Éducation des Demoiselles 11. Madame Grégoire 12. Les Gueux 13. Le Vieux Célibataire 14. Le Commencement du Voyage 15. Requête des Chiens de Qualité 16. Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons! 17. Le Nouveau Diogène 18. Le Maitre d'École 19. La Chatte 20. Bon Vin et Fillette 21. L'Habit de Cour 22. Ce n'est plus Lisette 23. L'Hiver 24. la Bonne Vieille 25. La Vivandière 26. L'Exilé 27. La Bouquetière et le Croque-Mort 28. Le Bon Vieillard 29. L'Aveugle de Bagnolet 30. Les Cartes ou L'Horoscope 31. La Marquise de Pretintaille 32. Le Tailleur et la Fée 33. Le Violon Brisé 34. Les Hirondelles 35. La Fuite de l'Amour 36. Le Vieux Sergent 37. Le Voyageur 38. Le Grenier 39. Les Deux Grenadiers 40. Les Souvenirs du Peuple Marie 653-692. Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828 unknown books
1834réf. 137271834 P., Perrotin, 1834, 1857, 1860 et 1865, Les Marchands de Nouveautés, 1866 (Supplément), 6 ouvrages en 7 volumes in-8° (242 x 151), 1/2 maroquin vert foncé à coins, filets dorés, dos à nerfs orné, tête dorée, non rogné (V. CHAMPS) de (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre) - XCV-320 pp. ; 413 pp. (faux-titre et titre inclus) - (1) f. (avis au relieur) ; 411 pp. (faux-titre et titre inclus) - (1) f. (avis au relieur) ; (3) ff. (« A Joseph Bernard ») - 397 pp. (faux-titre et titre inclus) - (1) f. (avis au relieur) - 43 pp. (titre inclus) (« Dix chansons, complément des éditions publiées avant 1847 ») - 4 pp. (catalogue de léditeur) - 159 pp. (faux-titre et titre inclus) (« Chansons de Béranger - Supplément ») ; (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre) - III-374 pp. - (1) f. (catalogue de léditeur) ; (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre) - 416 pp. - (1) f. (avis au relieur) ; (2) ff. (faux-titre et titre) - 344 pp. + 1 f. (156 bis et 217 bis au verso) - 8 pp. (catalogue de léditeur).Dos passés. Transferts de quelques gravures, très bel ex. en reliures uniformes de Victor Champs
réf. 04866Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" A presentation copy inscribed by Béranger to Rangot accompanied by a one-page autograph letter from Rangot and an original pencil sketch of Béranger by Monnier MONNIER Henri illustrator. Chansons de Pierre Jean de Béranger Anciennes Nouvelles et Inédites avec des vignettes de Devéria et des dessins coloriées d'Henri Monnier. Suivies des Procès Intentés a l'Auteur. Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. First edition. A presentation copy inscribed by Béranger to Rangot accompanied by a one-page autograph letter from Rangot dated 21 August 1831 and an original pencil sketch of Béranger by Henri Monnier dated 16 August 1831 pasted on the verso of the title-page. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of eighty-six engraved plates on India paper mounted throughout by or after such artists as Bellangé Boilly Boulanger Charlet Devéria Fragonard Grandville Grenier Isabey Johannot Monnier Scheffer Vernet and Delacroix. Two octavo volumes 8 13/16 x 5 1/2 inches; 225 x 140 mm. iv 1-192 iv preface 193-439 1 blank 2 2-7 Biographie du Citoyen Béranger; iv 1-433 1 blank 435-438 pp. With an original pencil sketch by Monnier pasted onto the verso of the first title-page. Illustrated with thirty-three of forty superb hand-colored lithographs by Henri Monnier and numerous vignette wood-engravings by Achille Devéria. Seven plates not included: nos. 21 26 28 31 35 37 and 39 as noted by Carteret III p.272 these particular plates are "very often missing". These seven missing plates are highlighted below within the listing of all 40 plates. Bound ca. 1828 by R. Hering & Muller volume 2 stamp-signed in gilt at foot of spine in half dark blue scored calf spines elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt marbled endpapers edges uncut. A wonderful and important copy. Provenance: With two bookplates of M.A. Tessier Architecte: his engraved ex-libris with oak wreath vol. I verso of front free endpaper and the Tessier family armorial bookplate Semper Progrediens - "Ever Forward" on the front pastedowns of both volumes. "The forty drawings by Henri Monnier lithographed with a pen on stone and colored with a brush are very rare complete. Seven of these lithographs are often missing they are: The Court Dress The Exile The Good Old Man The Marquise of Pretintaille The Flight of Love The Voyager The two Grenadiers." Carteret III p. 72. The signed presentation translated reads: "Nothing more ridiculous for an author than to write something at the head of his works; but an admirable obstinacy obliges me here to obey. - Béranger". An ironic comment on the absurdity of authors inscribing their own books. The Autograph Letter Signed "Rangot" 21 Aug. 1831 translated reads: "Dear and precious friend. the amiable good Béranger will do all you wish and has promised to honor me with a visit or two. I hope that the bonds of friendship will soon bring me the happiness of seeing you. Your poor very devoted but true friend Rangot. Paris 21 August 1831 Grande rue No. 81." With a postscript in Italian: "A thousand thousand respects to your amiable kind and good wife to whom I wish a child who in all things will resemble the father." The signatory to the Als. "Rangot" leaves open the possibility of "Ragot." No individual of that exact name is recorded among Béranger's principal circle of publishers chansonniers or correspondents. It is therefore probable that "Rangot" was a minor literary or personal acquaintance acting as an intermediary arranging introductions to the poet at a time 1831 just after the July Revolution when Béranger's fame and political sensitivity made such mediation necessary. While one could tentatively connect the name with Louis-François Ragot 1782-1857 a Parisian man of letters active in minor journals of the period this identification remains unverified in standard bibliographies Vicaire Escoffier Carteret or collections of Béranger's correspondence. The original Pencil Sketch of Béranger signed and captioned dated 16 August 1831 by Henri Monnier. Reads: "Béranger the poet looking at the statue of Guillaume le Conquérant by the sculptor Archereau at the Champs-Élysées." With annotation: "I made this sketch of Béranger with all the possible politeness and convenience; it was impossible for me to take his face but from the back he gave me a good profile. I placed myself in a corner where I could see him well hidden for a poet who deserves to be observed must be carefully preserved." "Monnier also illustrated Béranger's Chansons creating numerous series over time that reflect his admiration for Béranger's work. His lithographs and early watercolors despite their small size demonstrate his extreme finesse and simplicity. Monnier's bright flat colors encircled by precise pen or pencil strokes bring his subjects to life with values and shadows indicated by more or less dense hatching. Some watercolors from this period appear almost as pen drawings enhanced with color due to the prominence of the pen work." Marie. Pierre-Jean de Béranger 1780-1857 was a prolific French poet and chansonnier songwriter who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music". The Chansons were composed with fastidious care and are most notable for their clarity wit and incisiveness however the socialist and revolutionary content of his songs resulted in several brushes with the authorities resulting in his nine month incarceration in La Force Prison. The plates: 1. Le Roi d'Yvetot 2. La Bacchante 3. Le Sénateur 4. La Gaudriole 5. Roger Bontemps 6. Ma Grand'Mère 7. Ma Mère Aveugle 8. Le Petit Homme Gris 9. La Bonne Fille 10. L'Éducation des Demoiselles 11. Madame Grégoire 12. Les Gueux 13. Le Vieux Célibataire 14. Le Commencement du Voyage 15. Requête des Chiens de Qualité 16. Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons! 17. Le Nouveau Diogène 18. Le Maitre d'École 19. La Chatte 20. Bon Vin et Fillette 21. L'Habit de Cour 22. Ce n'est plus Lisette 23. L'Hiver 24. La Bonne Vieille 25. La Vivandière 26. L'Exilé 27. La Bouquetière et le Croque-Mort 28. Le Bon Vieillard 29. L'Aveugle de Bagnolet 30. Les Cartes ou l'Horoscope 31. La Marquise de Pretintaille 32. Le Tailleur et la Fée 33. Le Violon Brisé 34. Les Hirondelles 35. La Fuite de l'Amour 36. Le Vieux Sergent 37. Le Voyageur 38. Le Grenier 39. Les Deux Grenadiers 40. Les Souvenirs du Peuple Extra B&W Illustrations on India Paper mounted 86 Total: Opposite Pages: 13. Le Roi d'Yvetot - Grenier del.; Fry sc. 16. La Bacchante - A. Deveria del.; Cousin sc. 18. Le Sénateur - Tony Johannot del. & sc. 24. La Gaudriole - E. Deveria del.; T.M. Fontaine sc. 27. Roger Bontemps - Charlet del.; Frilley sc. 40. Ma Mère Aveugle - Grenier del.; Jaquemot sc. 43. Le Petit Homme Gris - Tony Johannot del.; Lecomte sc. 45. La Bonne Fille - Bellangé del.; Dulompré sc. 55. Charles Sept - Th. Fragonard del.; C. Cousin sc. 59. Les Gueux - E. Isabey del.; Fry sc. 68. Le Vieux Célibataire - Grenier del.; Wedgewood sc. 73. Les Gaulois et Les Francs - Adam del.; Ashby sc. 77. Frétillon - H. Bellanger del.; T.M. Fontaine sc. 106. La Grande Orgie - Tony Johannot del.; Revel sc. 123. Le Troisième Mari - E. Deveria del.; Wedgewood sc. 126. Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons! - Charlet del.; Ashby sc. 134. Le Maitre d'École - Grandville del.; Lefèver Jne. sc. 136. Le Célibataire - Warren del. & sc. 145. La Chatte - Tony Johannot del. & sc. 150. Les Parques - Tony Johannot del.; Deshauxents sc. 158. Bon Vin et Fillette - Alf. Johannot del.; Blanchard sc. 177. Le Prisonnière et Le Chevalier - Alf. Johannot del.; Cousin sc. 189. Le Bedeau - Alf. Johannot del.; Pelée sc. 220. Le Vieux Ménétrier - Charlet del.; Frilley sc. 225. Le Deux Soeurs de Charité - Boulanger del.; Jaquemot sc. 231. Ce n'est plus Lisette - Tony Johannot del.; Blanchard sc. 234. Le Marquis de Carabas - Charlet del.; Blanchard sc. 237. L'Hiver - Alf. Johannot del. & sc. 245. Paillasse - Henri Monnier del.; Lefèver Jne. sc. 248. Mon Ame - A. Scheffer del.; Touzé sc. 260. Mon Habit - A. Scheffer del.; Ashby sc. 277. La Bonne Vieille - Alf. Johannot del.; Blanchard sc. 279. La Vivandière - E. Isabey del.; Ashby sc. 285. L'Exilé - Grenier del.; Pelée sc. 294. Ma Nacelle - Gudin del.; Fry sc. 300. Le Dieu des Bonnes Gens - H. Vernet del.; Touzé sc. 309. Les Clefs du Paradis - Decamps del.; Mauduit sc. 315. Le Bon Vieillard - Alf. Johannot del.; C. Cousin sc. 318. Qu'elle est Jolie! - Grenier del.; A. Lefèver sc. 320. L'Aveugle de Bagnolet - Alf. Johannot del.; Cousin sc. 334. Le Retour dons La Patrie - Vigneron del.; Frilley sc. 338. Le Ventru - E. Lami del.; Lefèver Jne. sc. 348. Le Champ d'Asile - A. Johannot del.; Dutillon sc. 359. Les Cartes ou l'Horoscope - Boulanger del.; Wedgewood sc. 366. Le Révérends Pères - Tony Johannot del.; Bein sc. 369. Les Enfans de La France - Dupré del.; Levasseur sc. 385. Les Étoiles qui Filent - Bellangé del.; Lefèver Jne. sc. 391. Le Temps - Boilly del.; Fry sc. Light water staining affecting lower margin of text and plates from pp.359-end. 415. Louis XI - Delacroix del.; Pouvoyeur sc. 428. L'Orage - Charlet del.; Bein sc. 432. Le Cinq Mai - Alf. Johannot del.; Lefèver Jne. sc. 51 plates 14. La Liberté - Roqueplan del.; Frilley sc. 26. L'Ombre d'Anacréon - Champion del.; Fry sc. 31. La Sylphide - Devéria del.; Pelée sc. 37. Pigeon Messager - Devéria del.; Lefèver Jne. sc. 45. Le Censeur - Scheffer del.; Frilley sc. 50. La Cantharide ou Le Philtre - Tony Johannot del.; Cousin sc. 55. Le Tailleur et la Fée - Roqueplan del.; Corbould sc. 62. Le Malade - Tony Johannot del.; Marckl sc. 66. L'Épée de Damoclès - Eug. Deveria del.; Plée sc. 72. Le Violon Brisé - Bellangé del.; Girard sc. 75. Le Contrat de Marige - Charlet del.; Frilley sc. 77. Le Chant du Cosaque - Tony Johannot del.; Konig sc. 79. Les Hirondelles - Bonnington del.; Corbould sc. 91. Le Vieux Sergent - Bellangé del.; Ashby sc. 97. L'Ange Exilé - Eug. Deveria del.; Durand sc. 101. Le Voyageur - Tony Johannot del.; Revel sc. 104. Mon Enterrement - Devéria del.; Fry sc. 118. Treize a Table - Eug. Devéria del.; Migneret sc. 120. Lafayette en Amérique - Tony Johannot del.; Frilley sc. 124. Psara - Delacroix del.; Pouvoyeur sc. 133. Le Grenier - Grenier del.; T.M. Fontaine sc. 135. L'Échelle de Jacob - Tony Johannot del.; Lefèver sc. 138. Le Chapeau de La Mariée - Alf. Johannot del.; Leroux sc. 151. Le Chasseur et La Laitière - Alf. Johannot del. & sc. 161. Couplets - Lemaitre del. & sc. 169. Les Deux Grenadiers - Charlet del.; Lefèver Jne. sc. 179. La Mort du Diable - Decamp del.; Durand sc. 185. Le Petit Homme Rouge - Saint-Evre del.; Tavernier sc. 188. Les Bohémienes - n/a 192. Les Souvenirs du Peuple - Charlet del.; Lefèver Jne. sc. 197. L'Ange Gardien - D.C. del.; Lefèver Jne. del. & sc. 206. Le Tombeau de Manuel - Warren del. & sc. 359. Le Missionnaires - n/a 361. Le Bon Dieu - Charlet del.; Fry sc. 366. Le Vieux Drapeau - Bellangé del.; Fry sc. 35 plates. Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828 unknown
1827réf. 0475521827. Full-Leather. Very Good. Foreign Language This is a one of a kind original handwritten working manuscript by the famous French chansonnier Pierre-Jean de Béranger. These chansons are dated 1827 and were subsequently published in his fourth collection of chansons the one which precipitated his punishment of nine months imprisonment in La Force Prison. In addition there is one page which seems to be a crossed out chanson that may not have been published. The manuscript is about 32 pages long with additional blank pages. The chansons are written in Béranger's hand and contain alterations and edits. It is a real working manuscript. This is really a museum quality piece that would also be the jewel of any private collection. Text in French. Rebound in flexible red leather boards with gold gilt titles. Leather boards have edge wear minor scratches minor scuffs rubbed/frayed corners/spine. hardcover
réf. 05079Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" A Superb Copy in the Publisher's Original Printed Wrappers Complete with Forty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier & a Duplicate Colored Suite. MONNIER Henri illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes Nouvelles et Inédites avec des vignettes de Devéria et des dessins coloriées d'Henri Monnier. Suivies des Procès Intentés a l'Auteur. Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. First edition in the original ten parts - inscribed by the publisher/printer Rignoux. Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 225 x 147 mm. ii iv 1-96; 97-192; 193-272; 273-368; 369-439 1 blank; iv 1-96; 97-208; 209-288; 289-368; 369-438 2 blank pp. Forty superb hand colored lithograph plates by Henri Monnier and numerous charming black & white vignettes by Achille Devèria. With a duplicate suite of the forty colored plates. Publisher's pale green printed wrappers each with a different lithograph illustration on front cover. A very fine example of this exceptionally rare Monnier title in the original 'dix livraisons' complete with all forty hand colored plates and an additional duplicate suite. The two suites of plates are also in the publisher's pale green printed wrappers the first suite in a 2e Livraison wrapper and the duplicate suite in a 5e Livraison wrapper. Together with: BÉRANGER. Poniatowski. Hatons-Nous. Chansons Dédiées au Général Lafayette Premier Grenadier de la Garde Polonaise. Suivies 14 Juillet 1829 et des Couplets a mes Amis devenus Ministres. Poniatowski. Hate Us. Songs Dedicated to General Lafayette First Grenadier of the Polish Guard. Followed July 14 1829 and Couplets to my Friends who have become Ministers. Contains a biographical note on Joseph Prince Poniatowski by Leonard Chodzko.Paris: A l'agence du Comité. 1831. Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 225 x 147 mm. 1-23 1 blank. Publisher's blue printed wrappers. Chemised in a three-quarter green morocco clamshell case spine ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. A truly exceptional example. KVK locates no complete copies of the Chansons; OCLC locates just one complete copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallee-Bu France. Pierre-Jean de Béranger 1780-1857 was a prolific French poet and chansonnier songwriter who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music". The Chansons were composed with fastidious care and are most notable for their clarity wit and incisiveness however the socialist and revolutionary content of his songs resulted in several brushes with the authorities resulting in his nine month incarceration in La Force Prison. The plates: 1. Le Roi d'Yvetot 2. La Bacchante 3. Le Sénateur 4. La Gaudriole 5. Roger Bontemps 6. Ma Grand'Mère 7. Ma Mère Aveugle 8. Le Petit Homme Gris 9. La Bonne Fille 10. L'Éducation des Demoiselles 11. Madame Grégoire 12. Les Gueux 13. Le Vieux Célibataire 14. Le Commencement du Voyage 15. Requête des Chiens de Qualité 16. Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons! 17. Le Nouveau Diogène 18. Le Maitre d'École 19. La Chatte 20. Bon Vin et Fillette 21. L'Habit de Cour 22. Ce n'est plus Lisette 23. L'Hiver 24. la Bonne Vieille 25. La Vivandière 26. L'Exilé 27. La Bouquetière et le Croque-Mort 28. Le Bon Vieillard 29. L'Aveugle de Bagnolet 30. Les Cartes ou L'Horoscope 31. La Marquise de Pretintaille 32. Le Tailleur et la Fée 33. Le Violon Brisé 34. Les Hirondelles 35. La Fuite de l'Amour 36. Le Vieux Sergent 37. Le Voyageur 38. Le Grenier 39. Les Deux Grenadiers 40. Les Souvenirs du Peuple Marie 653-692. Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828 unknown books
réf. 05079Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. One of the Finest Surviving Copies of Béranger's Great Illustrated Masterpiece Complete in the Original Ten Livraisons Preserving Every Publisher's Printed Wrapper The Publisher's Presentation Inscription and Two Complete Suites of Henri Monnier's Contemporary Hand-Colored Lithographs MONNIER Henri illustrator. DEVÉRIA Achille illustrator. BÉRANGER Pierre-Jean. Chansons de P. J. Béranger Anciennes Nouvelles et Inédites avec des Vignettes de Devéria et des Dessins coloriés d'Henri Monnier. Suivies des Procès Intentés à l'Auteur. Paris: Baudouin Frères Éditeurs 1828. First edition preserved complete in the ten original publisher's printed livraisons each retaining its original pale green decorative wrapper with the contemporary presentation inscription of the printer and publisher Rignoux on the opening wrapper. Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 225 x 147 mm. Illustrated with forty magnificent contemporary hand-colored lithographs by Henri Monnier and hundreds of wood-engraved text vignettes by Achille Devéria. Accompanied by the exceedingly rare complete duplicate suite of all forty contemporary hand-colored lithographs likewise preserved within the publisher's original printed wrappers bringing the total to eighty original contemporary hand-colored lithographs. The front wrapper of the First Livraison bears the contemporary presentation inscription of the printer-publisher Rignoux. Publisher's original pale green printed wrappers each with its own distinctive wood-engraved vignette. A superb entirely unsophisticated survival. The principal work remains complete in all ten original livraisons while the two complete suites of Monnier's lithographs are preserved separately one housed in an original Second Livraison wrapper and the duplicate suite in an original Fifth Livraison wrapper exactly as issued. Together with: BÉRANGER Pierre-Jean. Poniatowski. Hatons-Nous. Chansons Dédiées au Général Lafayette Premier Grenadier de la Garde Polonaise. Suivies du 14 Juillet 1829 et des Couplets à mes Amis devenus Ministres. Paris: À l'Agence du Comité. 1831. First edition. Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 225 x 147 mm. 1-23 1 blank. Preserved in its original blue printed wrapper. The entire collection housed in a handsome three-quarter green morocco clamshell case. Pierre-Jean de Béranger was the most celebrated songwriter political poet and popular literary figure of nineteenth-century France. His chansons were sung not only in theaters and cafés but in workshops military barracks taverns and private drawing rooms throughout the country becoming inseparable from everyday French life. Combining lyrical elegance with wit patriotism and fearless political commentary Béranger exercised an influence unmatched by any French popular poet of his generation. His repeated prosecutions and imprisonment under the Bourbon Restoration only increased his fame transforming him into the literary voice of liberal France and one of the defining cultural figures of the nineteenth century. The present work has long been regarded as the greatest illustrated edition of Béranger's songs. To accompany the text the publishers assembled two of the foremost artists of the Romantic generation. Achille Devéria supplied hundreds of exquisitely engraved woodcut vignettes that enrich almost every page while Henri Monnier created forty original lithographs that rank among the earliest masterpieces of French Romantic book illustration. Executed with Monnier's characteristic humanity humor and penetrating observation of everyday Parisian life these compositions perfectly complement the spirit of Béranger's verse capturing both its comic brilliance and its emotional warmth. Although complete copies of the illustrated edition are themselves of the utmost rarity the present example belongs to an altogether different order of survival. Not only does it preserve all ten original publisher's livraisons each retaining its fragile printed wrapper - ephemeral elements almost invariably discarded when nineteenth-century subscribers had their parts bound - but it also preserves the publisher's complete duplicate suite of Henri Monnier's forty contemporary hand-colored lithographs likewise retained in their original wrappers exactly as issued. Such duplicate suites were intended for collectors wishing to preserve an additional set of illustrations yet they were almost always separated damaged or discarded during the binding process. We have been unable to trace another copy preserving every original livraison together with both complete contemporary hand-colored suites. The visual effect is simply extraordinary. The contemporary hand-coloring remains remarkably fresh and luminous throughout delicately executed in the finest Parisian manner of the late Restoration. Together the two complete suites comprise eighty original contemporary hand-colored lithographs transforming the work into one of the most spectacular surviving monuments of French Romantic illustrated publishing. The front wrapper of the First Livraison bears the contemporary presentation inscription of the printer and publisher Rignoux providing an unusually appealing contemporary association with the publication itself. Equally remarkable is the survival of every original wrapper preserving the work precisely as subscribers first received it in 1828. Such wrappers rank among the most ephemeral survivals of nineteenth-century publishing and are seldom encountered complete. Henri Monnier's illustrations occupy a pivotal place in the history of French caricature. Produced before the celebrated Scènes Populaires and the works that established him as one of the supreme visual chroniclers of nineteenth-century Paris they reveal an artist already in complete command of expressive characterization theatrical composition and psychological observation. These early lithographs anticipate the qualities that would later influence Honoré Daumier and define an entire generation of French Romantic satirical art. Together with Devéria's refined wood engravings they constitute one of the great achievements of Romantic book illustration. Accompanying the principal work is the scarce first edition of Poniatowski. Hatons-Nous. published in 1831 and preserved like the Chansons in its original printed wrapper. Dedicated to General Lafayette and inspired by the Polish struggle for national independence it reflects the liberal political ideals that permeate so much of Béranger's writing. Its presence provides an exceptionally appropriate contemporary companion to the monumental illustrated edition while further enhancing the historical and bibliographical importance of the collection. Few illustrated books of the Romantic period survive in anything approaching their original published state; fewer still preserve every ephemeral wrapper and virtually none retain the publisher's complete duplicate suite of hand-colored plates. This extraordinary copy preserves not merely Béranger's greatest illustrated work but the entire experience of its publication exactly as nineteenth-century collectors first acquired it. It stands as a landmark of French Romantic literature political history music and illustrated book production and is unquestionably among the finest surviving copies of Henri Monnier's first great lithographic masterpiece. "Monnier also illustrated Béranger's Chansons creating numerous series over time that reflect his admiration for Béranger's work. His lithographs and early watercolors despite their small size demonstrate his extreme finesse and simplicity. Monnier's bright flat colors encircled by precise pen or pencil strokes bring his subjects to life with values and shadows indicated by more or less dense hatching. Some watercolors from this period appear almost as pen drawings enhanced with color due to the prominence of the pen work." Marie. KVK locates no complete copies. OCLC records only a single complete institutional copy at Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée France. References: Champfleury Monnier p. 364; Escoffier Le Mouvement Romantique 675; Marie 653-692; Vicaire I 402. Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828 unknown
réf. I256Presenting the first volume of "Oeuvres de Béranger" a truly exceptional piece of literary history. This rare edition beautifully bound in ornate leather showcases the timeless works of Pierre-Jean de Béranger France's revered poet and chansonnier. As the initial volume in the series it holds immense value not just for its pristine condition but for its significance as a cornerstone of French Romantic literature. This book is a treasure for discerning collectors embodying both cultural richness and historical importance. Garnier Frères hardcover
