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18452091202133212049J. Hetzel 1845. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 4 books in total J. Hetzel paperback
184084312Paris: Léopold Pannier et Cie 1840. Fine. Stunning and rare suite by a great illustrator from the Romantic era Léopold Pannier et Cie Paris s. d. 1840-1850 25.50 x 34.50 cm 25 lithographies reliées en un volume First collective edition of this complete series of 25 original lithographed plates printed on thick vellum. Mounted engravings preceded by a title page bringing together three series: Souvenirs de Carnaval 6 plates Les bals masqués 7 plates Costumes historiques 12 plates. Each of these series first appeared in other journals: under the title 'Souvenirs de Carnaval' in Ritner et Goupil 'Les bals masqués' in La Caricature and 'Costumes historiques' in Charivari. Engravings in third state according to Vicaire. Some foxing. Red half straight-grained morocco Bradel binding smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt with a rich ornamentation of repeated floral motifs marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers binding signed Victor Champs. Very rare collection in a deluxe edition printed on thick vellum elegantly bound. Léopold Pannier et Cie hardcover
185047343Paris / Leipzig.: G. de Gonet Editeur . &c; Chez Charles Twietmeyer. 1850. Original publisher's midnight blue percaline with elaborate polychromatic decoration front boards with elaborate gilt decorative oval titles to surround central vignettes matching gilt vignettes to rear covers smooth spines with elaborate decorative tooling and titles in gilt all with additional colour heightening cream glazed endpapers vol. 1 and yellow vol. 2 a.e.g. 2 vols. Large 8vo. 270 x 184 mm. Half-titles with printer's credit verso engraved pictorial titles with additional colour by hand printed titles to each vol. and text illustrated with 31 engraved plates by Gavarni each with additional colour by hand and with the margins cut 'à la dentelle' and backed with pink paper final leaf of each vol. with 'Table des Matières'. The most desirable issue of 'Perles et Parures' with the hand-coloured plates on vélin 'découpés en dentelles' and in the original polychromatic percaline bindings.Published under the collective title 'Perles et Parures' these first editions of 'Les Joyaux Fantaisie' with 'Minéralogie des Dames' and 'Les Parures Fantaisie' with 'Histoire de la Mode' are here in the most desirable form with Gavarni's plates printed on vélin delicately hand- coloured and with the leaves stencil-cut to a lace pattern to form delicate frames and backed with pink paper. The two volumes contain jewel- and fashion-inspired texts with matching illustration as stated by Ray: 'They are studies of beautiful women fashionably attired . which were drawn in London'.' . more appealing than the normal edition is this special edition in which the steel engravings are printed and delicately colored on paper with borders cut to various lace patterns. So presented Gavarni's designs become fashion plates of the first order.' Ray.'La réunion des deux ouvrages avec les gravures à marges de dentelles est assez rare à recontrer.' Carteret.Ray 209A / 210; Carteret III 460 / 461. G. de Gonet, Editeur ... &c; Chez Charles Twietmeyer. hardcover
1842123046Paris: L. Curmer 1842. First edition of this collection which Carteret considers to be one of the most important illustrated books of the 19th century. Octavo elaborately bound in full red morocco with elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands elaborate gilt ruling and stamping to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles elaborately decorated green morocco doublures hand-stitched patterned endpapers all edges gilt with intricate botanical carvings illustrated with eleven frontispiece titles by Trimolet Charles Jacque Penguilly etc. and numerous vignettes throughout the text. In fine condition. Rare and desirable. This collection of ten short narratives mostly Gothic or exotic from the literatures of several countries is one of the most charming books of the Romantic period" Ray. L. Curmer unknown
184077055Paris: Léon Curmer 1840. Fine. Léon Curmer Paris 1840-1842 18 x 26.50 cm 11 volumes reliés Les Français peints par eux-mêmes. Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle Le Prisme with Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes The French painted by themselves The English painted by themselves Léon Curmer Paris 1840-1842 18 x 265 cm 11 volumes in half morocco First edition one of the grand papier deluxe copies with two states of the illustrations for the 8 volumes of Les Français peints par eux-mêmes: one in black on tinted paper and one enhanced by hand using the so-called coloris gommé technique with watercolour and varnish on white paper. Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes includes the engravings in black. No deluxe copies in colour have been made for this rare set of Les Français. Bound in half brown morocco spine in five compartments enhanced with stipple engraving and double gilt panels richly decorated with gilt floral motifs framing a mosaic medallion of green morocco with a gilt rose stamped in the center cartouches at the top decorated with a gilt garland framing the place and publication date some light minor rubbing on some compartments gilt fillets on the marbled paper boards comb-patterned endpapers top edges gilt. Elegant late nineteenth century bindings signed Durvand-Thiret. Complete with all engravings along with added engravings i.e. 930 engravings including 415 in colour. Title pages dated 1841 for all volumes of Les Français except for volume 5 of Les Parisiens and volume 3 of La Province dated 1842. Les Français peints par eux-mêmes has 415 engravings in black including that of Napoleon on horseback instead of the 405 announced and 415 in colour including a double page map of France in volume III of the Province. The English volume illustrated by Kenny Meadous is complete with 100 plates in black. This unique set contains in total almost a thousand black and coloured engravings and more than 1500 in-text illustrations. Famous gallery of woodcut portraits depicting the social classes of the 19th century by the greatest artists of the time: Gavarni Daumier Delacroix Grandville Johannot Bellangé Charlet Daubigny etc. The portraits are all accompanied by original texts from the most famous Romantic authors including: Balzac Nodier Gautier Nerval Gozlan Janin Karr etc. Scarce foxing affecting mainly the Prism and the Anglais. The texts and illustrations of the book paint a lively picture of inhabitants and their trade in metropolitan France and its colonies. It sets the tone for panoramic literature a new genre coined by Walter Benjamin in Charles Baudelaire. A lyric poet at the height of capitalism. In addition to these portraits of the Français the contribution of a whole areopagus of great and small authors and illustrators S. Le Men La 'littérature panoramique' dans la genèse de la Comédie Humaine: Balzac et Les Français peints par eux-mêmes L'Année balzacienne 2002/1 No. 3 CAIRN includes some of the most renowned authors and cartoonists of the time each of whom made an original creation for the project. This protean fresco was directed by editor Léon Curmer already known for the publishing success of Paul et Virginie between 1836 and 1838. Curmer is represented here by an article L'éditeur in volume IV written by Elias Regnault. The latter takes example in Louis-Sebastien Mercier's Tableau de Paris published in 1781 whose vision is even further extended by the representation of French provinces in Les Français. Thanks to Curmer the work finds an even deeper meaning: the editor has widened his frame and instead of letting a few fleeting portraits get lost in the immense daily whirlwind that engulfs all things he has sought to bring together the most salient physiognomies of that time. S. Le Men Ibid. Curmer selected the authors and illustrators closest to the ones they depict: It is therefore a question of calling upon authors and illustrators who are wel Léon Curmer hardcover