GAVARNILivre Rare Book
Thirty-Seven Original Lithographs from: MASQUES ET VISAGES LES PROPOS DE THOMAS VIRELOQUE and LES ANGLAIS CHEZ EUX
1850WRCLIT74481Paris: Imp. Lemercier for: Librairie Nouvelle 1850. 19 plates and 18 plates. Loose sheets. Images including captions ca. 27 x 18.5 cm. Margins vary. Some creasing to the larger margins two plates exhibit foxing and a couple more show some slight marginal tanning otherwise very good or better. Decent representation of two of the sub- elements of Gavarni's extended work which when completed included 329 lithographic plates. The first element lacks plate 1 of the twenty present and the second lacks plates 4 and 5 of twenty present duplicates of 2 and 7 are also present but not included in the count above. Ray treats the series at some length describing Thomas Virelogue as "one of Gavarni's most brilliant inspirations" and the work as a whole as "a neglected masterpiece of nineteenth-century French graphic art." RAY ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK 157. Imp. Lemercier [for:] Librairie Nouvelle unknown books
