GAVARNILivre Rare Book
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Les Toquades Illustrées par Gavarni ; Etude de moeurs par Ch. de Bussy Charles Marchal
185841979Paris: P. Martinon Librarie; G. de Gonet éditeur. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 4to; 160 1 pages; Contemporary green half morocco over marbed boards spine with raised bands gilt lettered title directly in the second panel gilt tooled decoration in the others marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Minor rubbing and light wear to the spine and corners. A tight pleasing copy of this noted first edition -- with the 20 full page lithographed plates after drawings by Gavarni -- Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier1804-1866 who became world famous as an artist working under the name: Paul Gavarni. The illustrations include abook collector savoring an "edition princeps" while a jaded bookseller leans disinterestedly against his stall awaiting a decision a man in a field watching for game with a rifle resting at his side a billiards player men engaged in a round of boulle a boy sitting on a stream's bank fishing with a pole a male "voisine" observing his neighbors thorugh a small spyglass a print connoisseur looking over a portfolio of images: "avant la lettre" two pensive men staring at a chess board a group of men playing cards at a table etc. Vicaire I 987. OCLC Number: 557635250 . P. Martinon Librarie; G. de Gonet, éditeur hardcover
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