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1868Vol. due in-24° cm. 11 pp. XIX-624-568 con un disegno dell'autore al secondo vol. e una dedica anonima al primo vol. Legature in mezza pelle coevacon nervarure ai dorsi. Piccola mancanza ad un angolo.
Paris, PUF, 1981. Collection "Le Monde Anglophone". Un volume broché de format in 8° de 262 pp. Bon état. Peu commun. Bibliographie, index...
1932In 16. Dim. 17x11 cm. Pp. XLIX+350. Catalogo del 1932 della Librairie polytechnique Beranger. All'interno numerosi testi con relativo prezzo di diversi argomenti: architettura, archeologia, fisica, mineralogia, metallurgia, agricoltura, matematica, geografia ecc.. In ottime condizioni. Brossura editoriale in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Rare fioriture. catalogue of 1932 of the Librairie polytechnique Beranger. Inside different texts with relative price of different issues: architecture, archeology, physics, mineralogy, metallurgy, agricolture, mathematics, geography etc... In very good conditions. Editorial cover in very good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. occasional foxings.
Paris, Eric Losfeld, 1968. In-8, broché, couverture illustrée en noir, 350 pp. Nombreuses photographies hors-texte.
in-8°, 366 pp., broche, couv. illustree. Biographie de Louise Colet (1810-1876), la "muse" romantique, femme de lettres amie de Hugo et Mme Recamier, maîtresse du philosophe Victor Cousin, puis de Gustave Flaubert, Beranger, Alfred de Musset. Bel exemplaire. [NV-24] Bel exemplaire.
1999ref. 75477München : Museum Villa Stuck 1999. 120 S. : zahlr. Ill. ; 31 cm Pappe 0
1974ref. 3135154Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der DDR 1974. 122 Seiten. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenband. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1974ref. 3131528Bonn: Rudolf Habelt 1974. VII, 287 Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf Deckel und Rücken. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1866ref. 120070Perrotin, Libraire, Paris - Le Chevalier, Libraire, Paris, 1866. VIII, 648 S. ; 29 x 20,5 cm ; Leinen.
1847ref. 129942Perrotin, éditeur, Paris, 1847. XL, 411, [1] S. ; 24 x 16 cm ; Halblder.
1854ref. 125714J.-B. Tarride, libraire-éditeur, Bruxelles, 1854. 766 S. ; 10,5 x 7,5 cm ; Leder.
1960ref. 113679-1Berlin, Rütten & Loening 1960. Gr.8°. 328 S. Original-Leinenband
1977ref. 3078810Die: Imprimerie Cayol 1977. 348 Seiten. 8° (17,5 - 22,5 cm). Orig.-Broschur. [Softcover / Paperback].
1834ref. 1072535Paris; Perrotin Editeur, 1834. XCV; 320 S.; Illustr. und 413 S.; Illustr.; 22 cm. 2 Orig.-Halblederbände.
1860ref. 56129ABParis, Garnier Freres u. Perrotin, 1859-1860. 4 Bde. Gr.-8°. Mit 1 Stahlstichportr. n. Aug. Sandoz. Zus. 1740 S. Rote marmor. Hldrbde. d. Zt. m. goldgepr. Rt., reicher Rckn.-Vergold., Kopfgoldschnitt u. marmor. Vorsätzen. - Dekoratives Ex. in guter Erhaltung.
1834ref. 96693ABParis, Perrotin, 1834. Bd. 2. Mit 33 Stahlstichtafeln nach Johannot u.a. 413 S. Dunkelgrüner Halblederbd. der Zeit m. goldgeprägt. Rt. u. Rückenvergold. - Französ. Text. Etwas fleckig, sonst gutes Ex.
1828ref. 21896Bruxelles, H. Tarlier, 1828-1829. In-8°. Ornées de quelques gravures. XV, 341 (vol. 1); 256 (vol. 2); 265 (vol. 3); 248 (1) (vol. 4) p. Reliures demi-cuir, plats et gardes marbrés, titres dorés sur les dos. Reliures frottées et un peu abimées. 1 exlibris sur les gardes de chaque vol. 1 cachet et 1 nom manuscrit sur les pages préliminaires de tous les vol. Pages de titre avec 2 cachets. 1 cachet sur la dernière page de chaque vol.
1960ref. 403759Berlin, Rütten & Loening, (1960). 327 S. OLwd. (Neue Beitr. z. Literaturwiss. 11)
1960ref. 44523Bln.: Rütten & Loening 1960. 327 Ss., 2 Bll. Gr.8°. Ln. mit Goldpräg.
1975ref. 406686Paris, 1876. (Reprint Leipzig, Zentralantiquariat, 1975). VI, 123 S. OLwd.
1851ref. 59960Paris: Perrotin éditeur 1851. Nouvelle édition revue de l'auteur. Tall 8vo. 2 volumes: xl 411 1; 4 401 1 pp. Engraved plates extra engraved title page to volume two portrait frontispiece to volume one 3-page facsimile manuscript. Béranger 1780-1857 was a prolific French poet and songwriter sometimes referred to as the "first superstar of French popular music." Rather persistent foxing else very good. Later three-quarter crushed turquoise morocco rubbed corners bumped spine uniformly faded to brown gilt rules and titles between raised bands on spines marbled boards and endpapers top edge gilt. fore-edges untrimmed. 7211. Perrotin, éditeur unknown books
1840ref. RBEROEV00efH. Fournier 1840. Very Good. Beranger Pierre-Jean. Oevres Completes de Beranger. Grandville illustrator J. J. Paris: H. Fournier 1840. 462pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with rubbed boards exposed corners and cracked front hinge. Former owner's bookplate on first page. Pages and illustrations have light foxing. Newspaper clipping of a poem hand-dated December 1847 is mounted to last page. French language. H. Fournier hardcover books
ref. 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 books
ref. 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 books
ref. 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 books
