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18501263(CA.1850-1870). ENSEMBLE D’ENVIRON 193 LITHOGRAPHIES EN NOIR, TIREES DU JOURNAL SATIRIQUE «LE CHARIVARI» SOUS ANCIENNE RELIURE D’EPOQUE SERVANT DE PORTEFEUILLE. ON JOINT UN ENSEMBLE D’ENVIRON 48 LITHOGRAPHIES EN NOIR PAR D’AUTRES CARICATURISTES PROVENANT DU MEME JOURNAL (1833-1834), AINSI QUE 8 NUMEROS DU CHARIVARI (1833, NUMEROS 294, 301, 305, 314, 317, 342, 343, 347). DANS L’ETAT, RARE ENSEMBLE.
228576Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1867 in-8, titre, et [15] ff. n. ch., chacun regroupant 4 caricatures légendées, broché sous couverture illustrée. Dos défraîchi. Qqs rousseurs, plus prononcées sur la couverture.
228577Paris, au bureau du journal Le Charivari [typographie Plon frères], s.d. (1854) in-8, titre et [15] ff. n. ch., chacun regroupant 4 caricatures légendées, broché sous couverture imprimée. Fortes rousseurs.
225540Paris, au bureau du journal Le Charivari, s.d. (vers 1860) petit in-4, [16] ff. n. ch., dont le titre et 15 planches de vignettes (en tout 60) légendées en dessous. broché sous couverture imprimée, dans emboîtage de toile bleue moderne. Couverture défraîchie, papier bruni.
46041 April no year. French cartoonist. - caricaturist. One page 8vo laid down sl. damaged but text clear and complete. He says that Madame de Noe avec accent is fully recovered from illness and wonders if his correspondent can dine next sunday. "Un mot de reponse s.v.p." He concludes with formal best wishes. The conjoint blank leaf is laid down - on the recto of this blank is a draft acceptance signed Paggi. 1 April [no year]. unknown
18594574Paris, Le Charivari, s. d. (vers 1859). Album de lithographies de 340 x 259 mm., couverture et 29 planches n/b, dont 10 planches d'Honoré DAUMIER, broché, première de couverture illustrée, dos refait, plusieurs planches restaurées, couvertures tachées, restaurations angulaires aux couvertures.
135120aaf1869, gr. in-folio, planches seul reliés ensemble avec qqs déchirures par-ci par-là, les versos des planches avec publicité d’époque, reliure pleine toile récente.
71-5302Paris: Aubert & Cie. circa 1877. Hand-colored lithograph. 25 x 33.5 cm sheet. Very Good a few light specks of foxing in the margins. Paris: Aubert & Cie., circa 1877. unknown
188015669Paris: Calmann Levy 1880. Hardcover. fair. This copy has an ex-libris stamp inside of front board by Robert Florey: Robert Florey 1900-1979 was a French screenwriter director of short films and actor who moved to Hollywood in 1921. Florey worked as assistant director to Josef von Sternberg Frank Borzage and Victor Fleming before making his feature directing debut in 1926. He turned out more than 50 movies over the next 23 years from the first Marx Brothers movie "The Cocoanuts" 1929 to horror movies such as "Murders in the Rue Morgue" 1932 starring Bela Lugosi to skillful low-budget crime programmers like "The Crooked Way" 1949. Scarce. 4to. 349pp. Original contemporary illustrated paper covered boards with gold lettering and illustration to cover and spine. Blue endpapers. Ex libris Robert Florey see above. Great collection of 3b/w caricatures by the acclaimed French artist Cham a.k.a. Amedée Charles Henry de Noé. With a short biography. Head and tail of spine rubbed and worn with tear to top spine. Corners worn. Scuffing rubbing staining to boards. Minor browning to pages. In French. In overall good- condition. Calmann Levy hardcover
10126P., Arnaud de Vresse, s.d. (vers 1860), 1 vol. in-4 (250 x 184) broché sous couverture jaune imprimée en noir, de (16) ff imprimés au recto uniquement. Petits manques en haut et bas du dos et en bas du plat inférieur, quelques rousseurs, en l'état.
05937Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet 1864. Cham's Most Ambitious Sustained Effort.<br /> Actualités - 116 Hand Colored Lithographs<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Actualités. A fine collection of one hundred and sixteen hand colored lithograph plates all heightened with gum arabic. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet 1864-1870. <br /> <br /> A superb collection of one hundred and sixteen 116 original hand-colored lithographs each heightened with gum arabic satirizing the political social and cultural life of France during the reign of Napoleon III and the dawn of the Third Republic. <br /> <br /> Folio 13 x 9/78 inches; 330 x 250 mm. printed on fine wove paper. Preserved loose as issued without text.<br /> <br /> Chemised in a half black morocco over red cloth clamshell case spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments.<br /> <br /> Cham - the indefatigable caricaturist Amédée de Noé - produced over 40000 drawings in his career but the Actualités series issued in parts throughout the 1860s and early 1870s remains his most ambitious sustained effort. These plates rarely encountered in contemporary hand-colored state brilliantly combine political allegory fashion satire social comedy and fantastical invention. The application of gum arabic provides added brilliance and depth to surfaces such as glassware metallic armor feathers silks and human expressions.<br /> <br /> Comparable to Daumier in invention but with a lighter more whimsical tone Cham's satires range from the boulevards of Paris to the battlefields of Europe lampooning politicians dandies soldiers and housewives alike. Large groups of Actualités in colored form are of great rarity.<br /> <br /> A Complete Annotated Inventory of Plates 1-116 is available upon request<br /> - each plate is listed with original French caption English translation and a brief thematic note.<br /> <br /> Annotated Inventory - Cham Actualités<br /> <br /> Plate 1. Les actualités. - Enfin les chaleurs commencent.<br /> - The news. - At last the heat begins.<br /> Note: Comic scene of Parisians suffering under the summer sun; satire on the weather obsessions of city life.<br /> Plate 2. Un progrès de la civilisation. - L'ombrelle pour chiens.<br /> - A progress of civilization. - The parasol for dogs.<br /> Note: Satire on bourgeois excesses showing pampered pets being shaded like aristocrats.<br /> Plate 3. Politique étrangère. - La France et le Mexique.<br /> - Foreign policy. - France and Mexico.<br /> Note: Commentary on Napoleon III's disastrous Mexican campaign; allegorical figures of France and Mexico.<br /> Plate 4. Les élégances de Paris. - Nouveau chapeau pour dames.<br /> - Parisian elegance. - New ladies' hat.<br /> Note: Caricature of extravagant women's fashion lampooning oversized hats and crinolines.<br /> Plate 5. Actualité militaire. - Toujours prêts!<br /> - Military news. - Always ready!<br /> Note: Mocking French soldiers' constant drills; humor in exaggerated weaponry and stiff poses.<br /> Plate 6. Les plaisirs d'hiver. - Le patinage à la mode.<br /> - Winter pleasures. - Skating in fashion.<br /> Note: Depicts the Parisian craze for ice-skating; shows fashionable couples more concerned with appearance than skill.<br /> Plate 7. Les omnibus parisiens. - Quelle bousculade!<br /> - Paris omnibuses. - What a crush!<br /> Note: Urban satire of overcrowded public transport; crinolines and top hats colliding inside a carriage.<br /> Plate 8. La guerre de 1866. - La Prusse et l'Autriche se disputant l'Italie.<br /> - The war of 1866. - Prussia and Austria fighting over Italy.<br /> Note: Political cartoon about the Austro-Prussian war; Italy personified as a prize being tugged in opposite directions.<br /> Plate 9. Photographie instantanée. - Le portrait en mouvement.<br /> - Instant photography. - The moving portrait.<br /> Note: Satire of photography's rise in popularity; comic exaggeration of blurred results.<br /> Plate 10. Un mal nécessaire. - Le percepteur des contributions.<br /> - A necessary evil. - The tax collector.<br /> Note: Traditional caricature of the hated taxman; grotesquely portrayed as an unwelcome guest.<br /> Plate 11. Actualité parisienne. - Les embarras de voitures.<br /> - Paris news. - The traffic jams.<br /> Note: Caricature of Haussmann's Paris with elegant carriages and omnibuses locked in chaotic congestion.<br /> Plate 12. Un petit malheur. - Le parapluie perdu.<br /> - A little misfortune. - The lost umbrella.<br /> Note: Everyday humor; the gentleman adrift in the rain without his indispensable umbrella.<br /> Plate 13. L'actualité musicale. - Le piano dans tous les salons.<br /> - Musical news. - The piano in every salon.<br /> Note: Satire on the bourgeois obsession with piano lessons and the noisy spread of amateur music-making.<br /> Plate 14. Les plaisirs de campagne. - Le déjeuner sur l'herbe.<br /> - Country pleasures. - The picnic.<br /> Note: Parody of rustic leisure; exaggerated figures feasting outdoors with comic mishaps.<br /> Plate 15. L'exposition universelle. - L'affluence des visiteurs.<br /> - The Universal Exhibition. - The crowd of visitors.<br /> Note: Commentary on the massive crowds at the Paris World's Fairs; shows confusion and jostling at the gates.<br /> Plate 16. La mode d'été. - Robes légères et transparentes.<br /> - Summer fashion. - Light and transparent dresses.<br /> Note: Satirical view of women's revealing dresses poking fun at modesty versus display.<br /> Plate 17. Les embellissements de Paris. - Les fontaines nouvelles.<br /> - The embellishments of Paris. - The new fountains.<br /> Note: Humor about Haussmann's civic improvements; gawkers admiring lavish public fountains.<br /> Plate 18. Actualité de la chasse. - Le gibier rare.<br /> - Hunting news. - The rare game.<br /> Note: Comic rural hunting scene; hunters proudly displaying ridiculous or unimpressive catches.<br /> Plate 19. Le progrès des sciences. - La machine à parler.<br /> - Progress in science. - The talking machine.<br /> Note: Satire on new inventions; proto-phonograph device humorously misfiring.<br /> Plate 20. Les bals masqués. - Quelle méprise!<br /> - Masked balls. - What a mistake!<br /> Note: Social satire of mistaken identity at costume balls; a common theme in Cham's humor.<br /> Plate 21. La guerre future. - Les aérostats militaires.<br /> - The future war. - Military balloons.<br /> Note: Fantastical vision of aerial warfare; anticipates both science fiction and future military innovations.<br /> Plate 22. Actualité mondaine. - Les visites du jour de l'an.<br /> - Society news. - New Year's visits.<br /> Note: Satire of endless social calls required at New Year; exhausted visitors and hosts alike.<br /> Plate 23. Un petit scandale. - La loge indiscrète.<br /> - A little scandal. - The indiscreet theater box.<br /> Note: Caricature of flirtations and impropriety observed at the opera.<br /> Plate 24. Les bains de mer. - Nouvelle distraction de la mode.<br /> - Sea bathing. - A new fashionable diversion.<br /> Note: Parisian society at the seaside; awkward swimsuits and seaside follies lampooned.<br /> Plate 25. Politique intérieure. - Le budget avalé.<br /> - Domestic politics. - The swallowed budget.<br /> Note: Allegory of the state devouring taxes; ministers pictured literally gobbling up public funds.<br /> Plate 26. La photographie en plein air. - Portrait de famille.<br /> - Outdoor photography. - Family portrait.<br /> Note: Humor on the stiff chaotic poses of families attempting photographs in public parks.<br /> Plate 27. L'actualité culinaire. - Les huîtres de la saison.<br /> - Culinary news. - The oysters of the season.<br /> Note: Satire of Parisian gourmands; a dandy overeats oysters to comic excess.<br /> Plate 28. La mode exagérée. - Crinolines impossibles.<br /> - Exaggerated fashion. - Impossible crinolines.<br /> Note: Caricature of giant hoop skirts blocking doorways and omnibuses.<br /> Plate 29. La chasse aux canards. - Un coup manqué.<br /> - Duck hunting. - A missed shot.<br /> Note: Humorous sporting failure; sportsmen fire in vain while ducks escape.<br /> Plate 30. Politique européenne. - La Pologne sacrifiée.<br /> - European politics. - Poland sacrificed.<br /> Note: Allegorical satire on the partitions and abandonment of Poland by European powers.<br /> Plate 31. Les joies du carnaval. - La bataille de confetti.<br /> - The joys of carnival. - The confetti battle.<br /> Note: Parody of carnival festivities with an explosion of paper masks and chaos.<br /> Plate 32. Un accident parisien. - La cheminée qui tombe.<br /> - A Paris accident. - The falling chimney.<br /> Note: Social humor; pedestrians flee from falling masonry in a crowded street.<br /> Plate 33. La pêche miraculeuse. - Rien que des bottes.<br /> - The miraculous catch. - Nothing but boots.<br /> Note: Satire of amateur fishermen; pulling up rubbish instead of fish.<br /> Plate 34. La toilette de bal. - Les corsets nouveaux.<br /> - The ball dress. - The new corsets.<br /> Note: Fashion caricature; women squeezed to absurd proportions by corsetry.<br /> Plate 35. Actualité dramatique. - La tragédie au boulevard.<br /> - Dramatic news. - Tragedy on the boulevard.<br /> Note: Comic melodrama of fainting women and exaggerated gestures parodying boulevard theater.<br /> Plate 36. Le progrès des transports. - Le chemin de fer sous-marin.<br /> - Progress in transport. - The submarine railway.<br /> Note: Fantastical satire; fish peering into a train carriage beneath the sea.<br /> Plate 37. L'actualité domestique. - Le chat gourmand.<br /> - Domestic news. - The greedy cat.<br /> Note: Comic household scene; pets stealing food from the table.<br /> Plate 38. Politique italienne. - Rome toujours attendue.<br /> - Italian politics. - Rome always awaited.<br /> Note: Allusion to the unresolved "Roman Question" and Italian unification struggles.<br /> Plate 39. Les élégances d'hiver. - Les fourrures nouvelles.<br /> - Winter elegance. - The new furs.<br /> Note: Satire of ladies in enormous fur wraps exaggerating luxury.<br /> Plate 40. Les fiacres de Paris. - Voyage mouvementé.<br /> - Paris cabs. - A bumpy ride.<br /> Note: Comic mishap of passengers being jolted violently in horse-drawn cabs.<br /> Plate 41. La guerre des sexes. - Les femmes triomphantes.<br /> - The war of the sexes. - Triumphant women.<br /> Note: Gender satire; women depicted overpowering their husbands or suitors.<br /> Plate 42. Actualité champêtre. - La moisson abondante.<br /> - Rural news. - The abundant harvest.<br /> Note: Rustic humor; peasants overloaded with giant sheaves of wheat.<br /> Plate 43. Les bains publics. - La pudeur compromise.<br /> - Public baths. - Modesty compromised.<br /> Note: Gentle satire of bathhouses nudity and awkward social mixing.<br /> Plate 44. La photographie d'art. - La pose difficile.<br /> - Art photography. - The difficult pose.<br /> Note: Humor about stiff unnatural posing required for long exposure times.<br /> Plate 45. Politique prussienne. - Le casque à pointe envahissant.<br /> - Prussian politics. - The invading spiked helmet.<br /> Note: Allusion to Prussia's militarism and looming threat in Europe.<br /> Plate 46. Actualité financière. - Le spéculateur ruiné.<br /> - Financial news. - The ruined speculator.<br /> Note: Commentary on stock market speculation and sudden bankruptcies.<br /> Plate 47. Les modes extravagantes. - Les paniers gigantesques.<br /> - Extravagant fashions. - Gigantic panniers.<br /> Note: Satire of revived 18th-century-style hoops blocking entire staircases.<br /> Plate 48. Les journaux du matin. - L'abonné impatient.<br /> - Morning newspapers. - The impatient subscriber.<br /> Note: A bourgeois anxiously waiting for his paper; lampoon of media obsession.<br /> Plate 49. Les inondations. - Paris sous l'eau.<br /> - The floods. - Paris under water.<br /> Note: Satirical exaggeration of floods with citizens floating in bathtubs or boats.<br /> Plate 50. Politique espagnole. - Toujours des révolutions.<br /> - Spanish politics. - Always revolutions.<br /> Note: Allusion to chronic unrest in Spain with revolts and changes of regime caricatured.<br /> Plate 51. La guerre en Orient. - Le Turc et le Russe face à face.<br /> - War in the East. - The Turk and the Russian face to face.<br /> Note: Satire of Russo-Turkish tensions often staged as dueling caricature figures.<br /> Plate 52. Les omnibus à impériale. - Les places convoitées.<br /> - Double-decker omnibuses. - The coveted seats.<br /> Note: Humor on passengers scrambling for seats on the upper deck.<br /> Plate 53. La chasse aux mouches. - Inutile précaution.<br /> - Fly hunting. - A useless precaution.<br /> Note: Domestic humor; clumsy attempts to swat flies exaggerated into chaos.<br /> Plate 54. Politique française. - Les orateurs à la tribune.<br /> - French politics. - The speakers at the tribune.<br /> Note: Ridicule of parliamentary debates with deputies gesturing wildly.<br /> Plate 55. Les pêcheurs du dimanche. - Toujours bredouilles.<br /> - Sunday fishermen. - Always empty-handed.<br /> Note: Gentle mockery of amateur fishermen returning without a catch.<br /> Plate 56. Les élégances de bal. - La valse effrénée.<br /> - Ballroom elegance. - The frantic waltz.<br /> Note: Caricature of fashionable dancing couples whirling to absurd extremes.<br /> Plate 57. Politique autrichienne. - Le double aigle embarrassé.<br /> - Austrian politics. - The embarrassed double eagle.<br /> Note: Satire of Austria's weakness and confusion in European affairs.<br /> Plate 58. Le progrès militaire. - Les canons monstrueux.<br /> - Military progress. - The monstrous cannons.<br /> Note: Exaggerated giant artillery; commentary on the escalating arms race.<br /> Plate 59. Les théâtres du boulevard. - Une scène larmoyante.<br /> - Boulevard theaters. - A tearful scene.<br /> Note: Satire of sentimental stage melodramas with over-acted weeping.<br /> Plate 60. Les chapeaux de printemps. - Une pyramide ambulante.<br /> - Spring hats. - A walking pyramid.<br /> Note: Comic exaggeration of towering women's hats.<br /> Plate 61. Actualité nautique. - Le canotage à la mode.<br /> - Nautical news. - Rowing in fashion.<br /> Note: Parisian society indulging in boating often with comic mishaps.<br /> Plate 62. Politique allemande. - L'unité impossible.<br /> - German politics. - Unity impossible.<br /> Note: Satire on the fragmented German states before unification.<br /> Plate 63. Les chiens savants. - Spectacle nouveau.<br /> - Trained dogs. - A new show.<br /> Note: Humor on performing animals parody of circus spectacles.<br /> Plate 64. Les modes d'hiver. - Manches exagérées.<br /> - Winter fashions. - Exaggerated sleeves.<br /> Note: Fashion satire; sleeves so large they obstruct doorways.<br /> Plate 65. La poste aux lettres. - Toujours en retard.<br /> - The postal service. - Always late.<br /> Note: Complaint about unreliable mail delivery with citizens waiting impatiently.<br /> Plate 66. Politique belge. - Le petit royaume menacé.<br /> - Belgian politics. - The little kingdom threatened.<br /> Note: Satire on Belgium caught between powerful neighbors.<br /> Plate 67. Les photographes de campagne. - L'âne indiscret.<br /> - Country photographers. - The indiscreet donkey.<br /> Note: Comic intrusion of animals into rural photographic sessions.<br /> Plate 68. Les loteries. - Le gros lot rêvé.<br /> - Lotteries. - Dreaming of the jackpot.<br /> Note: Satire on gambling and unrealistic expectations of sudden wealth.<br /> Plate 69. La mode des bottines. - Les pieds minuscules.<br /> - The fashion of boots. - Tiny feet.<br /> Note: Exaggeration of ladies' shoes shrinking feet to absurd proportions.<br /> Plate 70. Politique suisse. - Toujours neutre.<br /> - Swiss politics. - Always neutral.<br /> Note: Humor about Switzerland's perpetual neutrality portrayed as cautious passivity.<br /> Plate 71. Les catastrophes de chemin de fer. - Le wagon culbuté.<br /> - Railway disasters. - The overturned carriage.<br /> Note: Commentary on frequent railway accidents of the era.<br /> Plate 72. Les mariages arrangés. - La dot avant tout.<br /> - Arranged marriages. - The dowry before all.<br /> Note: Social satire on mercenary marriages with grotesquely mismatched couples.<br /> Plate 73. La guerre future. - Les cuirassés volants.<br /> - The future war. - Flying ironclads.<br /> Note: Fantastical vision of airborne warships; parody of military invention.<br /> Plate 74. Les excentricités de Paris. - Le promeneur masqué.<br /> - Paris eccentricities. - The masked stroller.<br /> Note: Humor on fashionable oddities; a man walking the boulevards in disguise.<br /> Plate 75. Politique anglaise. - Toujours pragmatique.<br /> - English politics. - Always pragmatic.<br /> Note: Caricature of Britain as practical and calculating contrasted with continental turmoil.<br /> Plate 76. Les modes extravagantes. - Les traînes interminables.<br /> - Extravagant fashions. - Endless trains.<br /> Note: Satire of impractically long gown trains sweeping the streets.<br /> Plate 77. Politique russe. - L'ours toujours menaçant.<br /> - Russian politics. - The ever-threatening bear.<br /> Note: Symbolic cartoon of Russia's power shown as a hulking bear.<br /> Plate 78. Les bains de vapeur. - La sudation universelle.<br /> - Steam baths. - Universal perspiration.<br /> Note: Gentle parody of spa culture and sweating rooms.<br /> Plate 79. Les journaux illustrés. - Les gravures ressemblantes<br /> - Illustrated newspapers. - Resembling engravings<br /> Note: Satire on crude likenesses in the press.<br /> Plate 80. La guerre de l'avenir. - Les soldats mécaniques.<br /> - The war of the future. - Mechanical soldiers.<br /> Note: Proto-science fiction; caricature of automaton troops.<br /> Plate 81. Politique italienne. - Garibaldi impatient.<br /> - Italian politics. - Garibaldi impatient.<br /> Note: Caricature of Garibaldi waiting for unity depicted restlessly.<br /> Plate 82. Les expositions de peinture. - Le tableau incompris.<br /> - Art exhibitions. - The misunderstood painting.<br /> Note: Comic reactions of the public to modern art.<br /> Plate 83. Les élégances de ville. - Le monocle général.<br /> - City elegance. - The universal monocle.<br /> Note: Satire of dandies and their fashionable monocles.<br /> Plate 84. La guerre maritime. - Les torpilles nouvelles.<br /> - Naval war. - The new torpedoes.<br /> Note: Exaggerated inventions in naval warfare.<br /> Plate 85. Les modes enfantines. - Les poupées vivantes.<br /> - Children's fashions. - Living dolls.<br /> Note: Children dressed in absurdly adult styles.<br /> Plate 86. Politique espagnole. - Toujours des pronunciamientos.<br /> - Spanish politics. - Always pronunciamientos.<br /> Note: Commentary on Spain's frequent military coups.<br /> Plate 87. Les amateurs de curiosités. - La collection encombrante.<br /> - Collectors of curiosities. - The cumbersome collection.<br /> Note: Lampoon of obsessive collecting cabinets overflowing with oddities.<br /> Plate 88. La guerre future. - Les canons volants.<br /> - Future war. - Flying cannons.<br /> Note: Fantastical satire of airborne artillery.<br /> Plate 89. Les modes d'hiver. - Les bonnets astronomiques.<br /> - Winter fashions. - Astronomical bonnets.<br /> Note: Giant headwear likened to celestial globes.<br /> Plate 90. Politique française. - Le budget en équilibre.<br /> - French politics. - The balanced budget.<br /> Note: Irony on the impossibility of balancing state finances.<br /> Plate 91. Les excentricités de la science. - L'homme volant.<br /> - Scientific eccentricities. - The flying man.<br /> Note: Parody of early aviation experiments.<br /> Plate 92. Les élégances champêtres. - Les ombrelles en fleurs.<br /> - Rural elegance. - Parasols of flowers.<br /> Note: Fanciful fashion plates turned comic.<br /> Plate 93. Politique prussienne. - Le casque à pointe triomphant.<br /> - Prussian politics. - The triumphant spiked helmet.<br /> Note: Symbolic of Prussia's victories in the late 1860s.<br /> Plate 94. Les amateurs de pêche. - Toujours la même histoire.<br /> - Fishing enthusiasts. - Always the same story.<br /> Note: Fishermen exaggerating their catch.<br /> Plate 95. Les élégances du bal. - Les plumes interminables.<br /> - Ballroom elegance. - Endless feathers.<br /> Note: Mockery of plumed headpieces colliding in the ballroom.<br /> Plate 96. Politique anglaise. - Le lion flegmatique.<br /> - English politics. - The phlegmatic lion.<br /> Note: Britain personified as calm and calculating.<br /> Plate 97. La guerre future. - Les fusées intelligentes.<br /> - Future war. - Intelligent rockets.<br /> Note: Satirical anticipation of guided missiles.<br /> Plate 98. Les promenades au bois. - Les élégances en voiture.<br /> - Walks in the Bois. - Elegant carriages.<br /> Note: Satire of the fashionable promenade at the Bois de Boulogne.<br /> Plate 99. Politique autrichienne. - L'aigle à deux têtes affamé.<br /> - Austrian politics. - The hungry double-headed eagle.<br /> Note: Austria depicted as weakened and needy.<br /> Plate 100. Les élégances de théâtre. - Les lorgnettes indiscrètes.<br /> - Theater elegance. - Indiscreet opera glasses.<br /> Note: Comic intrusion of spying spectators.<br /> Plate 101. Les modes d'été. - Les robes ballons.<br /> - Summer fashions. - Balloon dresses.<br /> Note: Crinolines rendered as literal balloons floating upward.<br /> Plate 102. Politique belge. - Le petit royaume entre géants.<br /> - Belgian politics. - The little kingdom among giants.<br /> Note: Belgium squeezed between Prussia and France.<br /> Plate 103. Les nouvelles inventions. - La machine à laver automatique.<br /> - New inventions. - The automatic washing machine.<br /> Note: Satirical exaggeration of mechanical household devices.<br /> Plate 104. Les modes excentriques. - Les coiffures pyramides.<br /> - Eccentric fashions. - Pyramid hairstyles.<br /> Note: Hair piled absurdly high.<br /> Plate 105. Politique française. - Le peuple et les impôts.<br /> - French politics. - The people and the taxes.<br /> Note: Grotesque allegory of taxpayers crushed under burdens.<br /> Plate 106. Les sports modernes. - Le vélocipède triomphant.<br /> - Modern sports. - The triumphant velocipede.<br /> Note: Early cycling craze mocked.<br /> Plate 107. Politique suisse. - Toujours entre deux chaises.<br /> - Swiss politics. - Always between two chairs.<br /> Note: Satire on neutrality and indecision.<br /> Plate 108. Les élégances nouvelles. - Le chapeau parapluie.<br /> - New elegance. - The umbrella-hat.<br /> Note: Fanciful hybrid fashion accessory.<br /> Plate 109. La guerre future. - Les soldats sous-marins.<br /> - Future war. - Submarine soldiers.<br /> Note: Imaginary underwater infantry.<br /> Plate 110. Politique italienne. - Rome encore promise.<br /> - Italian politics. - Rome again promised.<br /> Note: Delay of Rome's incorporation into Italy.<br /> Plate 111. Les élégances parisiennes. - Le chien bijou.<br /> - Parisian elegance. - The jewel-dog.<br /> Note: Fashionable women carrying jewel-bedecked pets.<br /> Plate 112. Les inventions nouvelles. - Le lit automatique.<br /> - New inventions. - The automatic bed.<br /> Note: Parody of "labor-saving" contraptions.<br /> Plate 113. Politique européenne. - Le congrès confus.<br /> - European politics. - The confused congress.<br /> Note: Delegates at a European congress portrayed in disarray.<br /> Plate 114. Les modes extravagantes. - Les jupons volants.<br /> - Extravagant fashions. - Flying petticoats.<br /> Note: Satire of undergarments turned into absurd balloons.<br /> Plate 115. Les catastrophes parisiennes. - La maison qui s'écroule.<br /> - Paris disasters. - The collapsing house.<br /> Note: Humor on urban accidents during Haussmann's works.<br /> Plate 116. La guerre future. - Le globe terrestre fortifié.<br /> - Future war. - The fortified globe.<br /> Note: Finale vision of Earth itself as a fortress; ultimate parody of militarism. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet, 1864 unknown
05552Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères 1860. Oh What Fun To Travel! Not<br /> In Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères n.d. ca. 1860. <br /> <br /> First edition. Folio 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261 mm. Hand colored pictorial lithographed title and twenty hand colored lithographed plates with sixty-two humorous scenes with captions limning the downside to travel. <br /> <br /> Publishers dark brown patterned cloth front cover decoratively lettered in gilt spine slightly faded. Pictorial title a little foxed in blank margins otherwise clean. Extremities of spine and corners expertly restored front free endpaper replaced. An excellent example of a rather scarce Cham title.<br /> <br /> Only eight copies in institutional holdings worldwide. No copies have come to auction since ABPC began indexing results in 1923.<br /> <br /> Of Amédée de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé 1818-1879. French caricaturist and lithographer published his first book Monsieur Lajeunesse in 1839 and from 1843 began to be regularly published in illustrated magazines such as Le Charivari which in 1835 focused primarily on publishing satires of everyday life thereafter becoming one of the most popular of French caricaturists through entertaining storybooks such as this work which satirized 'jokes in poor taste.'<br /> <br /> Several artists "followed in the wake of Daumier and Gavarni. Among the most attractive of the former is Amédéé de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> Cham had contacts with English artists many of whom had trained on the Continent most in company with English artist and follower of the pioneering German lithographer Alois Senefelder. Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860 unknown
05354Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères 1860. Oh What Fun To Travel! Not<br /> In Twenty Scarce Lithographs<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères n.d. ca. 1860. <br /> <br /> First edition. Folio 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261 mm. Pictorial lithographed title and twenty lithographed plates with sixty-two humorous scenes with captions limning the downside to travel. <br /> <br /> Publishers dark blue patterned cloth front cover decoratively lettered in gilt spine slightly faded. A few plates with light mainly marginal foxing. Plate numbers 1 7 8 14 & 17 with partial and minimal coloring. An excellent example of a rather scarce Cham title.<br /> <br /> Only eight copies in institutional holdings worldwide. No copies have come to auction since ABPC began indexing results in 1923.<br /> <br /> Of Amédée de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé 1818-1879. French caricaturist and lithographer published his first book Monsieur Lajeunesse in 1839 and from 1843 began to be regularly published in illustrated magazines such as Le Charivari which in 1835 focused primarily on publishing satires of everyday life thereafter becoming one of the most popular of French caricaturists through entertaining storybooks such as this work which satirized 'jokes in poor taste.'<br /> <br /> Several artists "followed in the wake of Daumier and Gavarni. Among the most attractive of the former is Amédéé de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> Cham had contacts with English artists many of whom had trained on the Continent most in company with English artist and follower of the pioneering German lithographer Alois Senefelder. Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860 unknown
06030Paris: Chez Arnauld De Vresse 1851. A Fine Selection of Sixteen Hand Colored Lithographs from Five of Cham's Best Albums<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Album Varié par M.M. Cham Daumier Gavarni et autres Dessinateurs du Charivari. Paris: Chez Arnauld De Vresse ca. 1851.<br /> <br /> Folio 12 7/8 x 10 inches; 327 x 254 mm. Lithograph title-page and sixteen fine hand colored lithograph plates all heightened with gum arabic. Plate numbers 5 and 8 are duplicates.<br /> <br /> Publisher's quarter red roan over printed yellow glazed boards front cover neatly repaired at lower corner. With the bookplate of Bernard Mamy on front paste-down.<br /> <br /> This is a slightly later published assembly of hand colored lithographs by Cham from five of his works: Nos Gentils Hommes 1846; Turlupinades ca. 1850; Moeurs Britanniques ca. 1850; Souvenirs de Garnison ca. 1850 and Moeurs Algeriennes 1844.<br /> <br /> The Plates:<br /> <br /> 1. Palsambleu Quél Bon Petit Chic!! - Voilà une rosière comme nous les aimons nous autres gentils-hommes!<br /> Palsambleu What a Good Little Chic!! - Here is a rose garden as we like them us other gentlemen!<br /> <br /> 2. Le Pas Gymnastique. - Je ne suis pas purpris qu'on fasse son chemin dans ce corps. Quand on court si fort on ne doit pas manquer d'arriver.<br /> The Gymnastic Step. - I am not surprised that one makes one's way in this body. When one runs so hard one must not fail to arrive.<br /> <br /> 3. L'Invalide De Chelsea. - Waterloo Waterloo! Mais mon brave homme voici deux heures que vous me rabâchez la même Victoire.à ce compte là combine un Français mettrait-il donc de temps à vous raconteur ses victoires.<br /> The Chelsea Invalid. - Waterloo Waterloo! But my good man for two hours you have been harping on about the same Victory. at that rate how long would a Frenchman take to tell you about his victories.<br /> <br /> 4. Tiens Tiens Elle Était Pressée C'tte Lettre Qué qu'aurait dit ça y a quinze jours qué traine dans ma loge.<br /> Well Well Was That Letter In A Hurry What would that have said it's been lying around in my dressing room for two weeks now.<br /> <br /> 5. Ah! Vous Êtes Ambitieux! Comment! Après quatre ans de surnumérariat vous n'étes pas content!. prenez y garde Mossieu je n'aime pas les intrigans.<br /> Ah! You are ambitious! What! After four years of being a surplus you are not happy!. be careful sir I do not like schemers.<br /> <br /> 6. Oui J'ai Quitté Le Service. - Dans la cavalerie je faisais un métier de cheval l'artillerie est toujours près de ses pieces quant aux équipages ça ne m'allait pas je déteste la train.pour le genie. - Oh! Le genie t'es trop béte pour en avoir c'est clair!.<br /> Yes I Left the Service. - In the cavalry I had a horse job the artillery is always near its pieces as for the crews it didn't suit me I hate the train.for the engineers. - Oh! The engineers you're too stupid to have any that's clear!.<br /> <br /> 7. Non Vous Ne Vous Trompez Pas! C'est bien ici que demeure Mademoiselle Caroline que lui voulez vous je suis son frère.<br /> No you are not mistaken! This is where Miss Caroline lives what do you want from her I am her brother.<br /> <br /> 8. Ah! Vous Êtes Ambitieux! Comment! Après quatre ans de surnumérariat vous n'étes pas content!. prenez y garde Mossieu je n'aime pas les intrigans. DUPLICATE of #5<br /> Ah! You are ambitious! What! After four years of being a surplus you are not happy!. be careful sir I do not like schemers.<br /> <br /> 9. Le Péage Du Turn-Pike. 3 pences! Allons bon!.j'ai oublié ma bourse.je n'avais plus que dix pas pour arriver et il faut que je retourne chez moi à quatre lieues d'ici!.<br /> The Turn-Pike Toll. 3pence! Come come!.I forgot my purse.I had only ten paces to go and I must go home four leagues from here!.<br /> <br /> 10. M'est avis Jean Piarre que ce beau Monchieu qu'tire le villageen plan est un donneux de sort.y vient p'f ensorceller nos vaches bé sur.attends! attends!.<br /> It seems to me Jean Piarre that this handsome Monchieu who draws the village plan is a spell giver. he comes to bewitch our cows of course. wait! wait!.<br /> <br /> 11. Baragouin Brittannique. Godem! Oha! Frenchman ridiculous costume comical very good Oh Ah! Oh!<br /> British gibberish. Godem! Oha! Frenchman ridiculous comical costume very good Oh Ah! Oh!<br /> <br /> 12. Mœurs Algeriennes. Chinoiseries Turques. Mon tigre a décidement le spleen voilà huit jours qu'il est d'une humeur de dogue faites-moi le plaisir d'entrer dans sa cage et tachez de l'amuser il y va de votre téte. Un aveugle turc.<br /> Algerian customs. Turkish chinoiserie. My tiger is definitely feeling down he has been in a dog-like mood for eight days do me the pleasure of entering his cage and try to amuse him it is up to you. A blind Turk.<br /> <br /> 13. Ces Gueux D'Arabes. - C'est dur tout de méme qu'ils ne veulent pas nous laisser tranquilles chez nous.<br /> Those Arab Beggars. - It's hard all the same that they don't want to leave us alone at home.<br /> <br /> 14. Cap'taine! Y vous va joliment le costume de pekin!. - Oui je suis un peu chiqué n'est-ce pas.hein j'en suis pour plus de 40 francs!.<br /> Captain! The Peking costume suits you well!. - Yes I am a bit squeamish aren't I. eh I'm looking at more than 40 francs!.<br /> <br /> 15. Enfin J'en Tiens Un!. Ils dissent que c'est une maladie qui court une cholerine une bétise. C'est parbleu! Bien le cholera le vrai cholera!. C'est un cas magnifique!!.<br /> Finally I Have One!. They say it's a disease that's running around cholera a stupidity. Oh my! Cholera real cholera!. It's a magnificent case!!.<br /> <br /> 16. Foi De Carrossier. Un homme d'une position aussi élevée que la votre doit avoir la voiture la plus basse possible.<br /> Coachbuilder's Faith. A man of such high position as yours must have the lowest possible car. Paris: Chez Arnauld De Vresse, 1851 unknown
05286Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse 1871. Irony and Biting Satire on the 4th French Revolution<br /> <br /> CHAM pseud. of Amédée de Noé. Les Folies de la Commune. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse n.d. 1871. <br /> <br /> First edition complete. Quarto 13 x 9 3/4 inches; 330 x 247 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title leaf and nineteen hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates 18 & 19 slightly shorter at lower and fore-edge.<br /> <br /> Modern green cloth front cover with dark green morocco label lettered in gilt. A near fine copy.<br /> <br /> Created and published in the immediate wake of high political drama in France - the Paris Commune aka the Fourth French Revolution when the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War led to the fall of Emperor Louis Napoleon III's Second French Empire the establishment of the Third French Republic and near immediate popular workers' "communards" insurrection in concert with the citizen's National Guard against the forces of Versailles which though Republican held direct rule over Paris. The Communards established self-rule in the city and became in effect the local city council from March 18 1871 through May 28 1871 when Versailles government forces defeated the armed Communards and local National Guard in the streets during La Semaine Sanglante "the Bloody Week" and left sections of Paris in ruins. <br /> <br /> L'Eclipse publisher of this series by Cham was a weekly newspaper founded in 1868 and edited by François Polo a Republican who published pamphlets against the Emperor Napoleon III yet was no sympathizer of Republican socialists who were blamed for excess and the short-lived but no less deadly with an estimated 10000-50000 killed civil war. Repeatedly censored or banned L'Eclipse endured through 1876.<br /> <br /> Of Amédée de Noé 1819-1879 "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> 1. Sont-ils bêtes! ils n'aiment pas les Ruraux et ce sont les villes qu'ils brûlent!<br /> 2. Mais tun'as pas la croix d'honneur. -Je la mets pour protester contre son incendie.<br /> 3. Le conservateur des musés de la commune recevant l'insigne de ses atributions. <br /> 4. Va donc Berquin!<br /> 5. Comprenant la nécessité d'aller voter.<br /> 6. Je me porte aux élections. - Voulez-vous des affiches sur les murs - Elles masqueraient mon programme.<br /> 7. Le chatiment de Courbet. Le nommer gardien de la Colonne relevée.<br /> 8. Je faisais sortir les locataires avant. - Moi pas c'était plus animé.<br /> 9. Voleurs! m'avoir fait faire tout ça pour dix francs! Ça leur portera pas bonheur!<br /> 10. Criez donc contre la Commune! Elle allait la résoudre la question des loyers!<br /> 11. Tuy te présentes ainsi - C'est le meilleur costume maintenant pour ressurer les électeurs.<br /> 12. Y a pas que le bouchon qui l'a perdu y a la boutielle avec.<br /> 13. Saint Médard s'entetant a ne pas croire a la fin des incendies.<br /> 14. Enfin si vous aviez tout détruit qu'est-c que la peuple aurait mangé - Il aurait poussé de l'herbe!<br /> 15. Mes armes!!!<br /> 16. Uniforme contre l'incendie proposé pour les conseillers municipaux depuis qu'on brule les hotels de ville.<br /> 17. Mon mari m'a expliqué la Commune: suppose qu'il m'a dit que tu sois le gouvernement.Et là dessus vous voyez mon oeil.<br /> 18. M'sieu vous ne pourriez pas me céder un peu de pétrole. papa qu'etait gris a bu celui qu'on m'avait donné pour mettre le feu.<br /> 19. Des deux qui aurait dit que ce serait moi qui prendrais Paris Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse, [1871] unknown
05994Paris: Martinet 1850. The Art of Success in the World!<br /> An Ironic Satiric Burlesque by Cham<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. L'Art de Réussir dans le Monde. Procédé Simple et Facile pour se Faire Jeter a la Porte en Fort peu de Temps. Paris: Martinet n.d. c. 1850. <br /> <br /> First edition. Large quarto 13 1/8 x 10 in; 337 x 253 mm. Lithographed title with large hand-colored pictorial vignette twenty hand-colored lithographed plates by Fernique after Cham the plates containing three or more images a total of sixty-two each with droll captions.<br /> <br /> Publisher's illustrated pink boards. Spine expertly and almost invisibly repaired lightly scuffed at board extremities A clean and bright example with the plates in very fine and clean state. <br /> <br /> A fine copy of a very rare volume with OCLC/KVK locating only two copies in institutions worldwide at the Victoria & Albert Library and Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire Strasbourg.<br /> <br /> "It is to be regretted that space will not serve to represent the caricaturists and depictors of manners who followed in the wake of Daumier and Gavarni. Among the most attractive of the former is Amédée de Noé known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah of whom it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> Bobins IV 1348. Paris: Martinet, 1850 unknown
63-9881Paris France: 1870. Lithograph on paper. 23.4 x 16.8 cm. Good with sun-fading foxing.During the cold winter months rat-hunting became a fashionable sport. After the Seine had run out of fish the Paris Journal offered helpful hints on how to 'fish for sewer rats with a hook and line bated with tallow.’ 39 distinctions in price were made between brewery and sewer rats although the popularity of both breeds was confined to the rich on account of the extravagant sauces required to make them palatable. [Paris], France: 1870. unknown
04212Paris: Arnauld De Vresse 1850. Exceedingly Scarce<br /> Highly Amusing Hand-Colored Caricatures Showing "The Crazy's of the Day"<br /> <br /> CHAM illustrator pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé. Les Toqués Du Jour. Paris: Arnauld De Vresse n.d. ca. 1847. <br /> <br /> First edition. Large folio 13 3/4 x 10 5/16 inches; 349 x 261 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title and thirty-six comical scenes on eighteen fine hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum arabic. Each scene with printed caption below. <br /> <br /> Publisher's brown ribbed cloth bordered in blind front cover lettered in gilt. Expertly rebacked to style at an early date. Inner hinges cracked but sound corners very slightly rubbed. A near fine copy of this exceedingly scarce album.<br /> <br /> A highly amusing collection of lithographs by Cham 1819-1879 satirizing the varieties of Les Toqués Du Jour<br /> The Crazy's of the Day. <br /> <br /> Of Charles Amédée de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> Exceedingly scarce. No copies found in WorldCat or KVK and apparently no copies have appeared at auction certainly during the past thirty-five years. Paris: Arnauld De Vresse, 1850 unknown
04607Paris: Mon. Martinet 1860. The Trial of Jean Bidoux in his Military Career<br /> <br /> CHAM Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé. Les Tâtonnements de Jean Bidoux dans la Carrière Militaire. The trials of Jean Bidoux in his Military Career. Par Cham. Paris: Mon. Martinet 1860. <br /> <br /> First edition. Large quarto 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 250 mm. Pictorial lithograph title-page and eighteen lithograph plates with sixty-five amusing images. <br /> <br /> Publisher's quarter red roan over blind stamped red cloth front cover decoratively titled in gilt. Small stain to top margin of last plate otherwise a fine copy. Paris: Mon. Martinet, 1860 unknown
05953Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1840. Exceedingly Scarce<br /> Caricatures of Repentant Ladies of Easy Virtue<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Les Madeleines. Varieté de L'Espece Lorettes. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie n.d. ca. 1847. <br /> <br /> First edition. Large folio 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 251 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title and twenty fine hand-colored lithographed plates with captions all heightened with gum arabic. Lithographed advertisement leaf for Des Modes Parisiennes bound in at end. Title-page slightly foxed at inner blank margin some occasional very light staining on blank margins only otherwise very clean.<br /> <br /> Modern black cloth over limp boards brown morocco label lettered in gilt on front panel. A fine copy.<br /> <br /> A wonderful and highly amusing collection of lithographs by Cham 1819-1879 satirizing the varieties of the species of Les Madeleines Repentant Whores. <br /> <br /> Of Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879 "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah. it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> Only one copy in WorldCat and KVK at Columbia University. No auction records. Exceedingly scarce.<br /> <br /> The Plates:<br /> Title-page<br /> 1. Un Ruse De Guerre.<br /> 2. Pour Qui Me Prenez Vous.<br /> 3. Oh! C'Te Tiete!.<br /> 4. Un Moment Difficile.<br /> 5. Voice Ce M'est Arivee.<br /> 6. Encore Ta Fête<br /> 7. Un Gentil-Homme Artificiel.<br /> 8. Politesse.<br /> 9. Une Scéne.<br /> 10. Générosité.<br /> 11. Untitled<br /> 12. Untitled<br /> 13. Untitled<br /> 14. Untitled<br /> 15. Une Connaissance.<br /> 16. Untitled<br /> 17. Untitled<br /> 18. Ton Grigou De Pére!.<br /> 19. Un Gage D'Amour.<br /> 20. Crrrré Chien!!.<br /> <br /> Bobins V 1533. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1840 unknown
06041Paris: Maison Martinet 1856. Mr. Papillon's Highly Amusing Voyage Around the World <br /> Love and Romance in Various Countries<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé. Mr. Papillon par Cham. Mr. Papillon ou L'Amour Autour du Monde. Paris: Maison Martinet 1856. <br /> <br /> Large quarto 13 3/8 x 10 inches; 339 x 254 mm. Pictorial hand-colored lithograph title-page and twenty hand-colored lithograph plates heightened with gum Arabic and containing sixty-eight amusing images. The plates clean and fresh with superb hand coloring.<br /> <br /> Publisher's red cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt plain spine inner hinges expertly strengthened. <br /> An excellent copy.<br /> <br /> Mr. Papillon's highly amusing voyage around the world depicting love and romance in different countries.<br /> <br /> We have handled this title once before - the plates were identical but the title was Mr. Papillon ou L'Amour Autour du Monde. Also the binding was identical with the exception that there was no lettering on the front cover.<br /> <br /> Rare. OCLC locates just one copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Bibliotheque Nationale de France.<br /> <br /> The plates:<br /> <br /> 1. - Mr. Papillon commence à croire qu'il finira par s'ennuyer dans la société de Mme. De St. Folichette.<br /> - Plusieurs fois déja il a trouve chez lui des chapeaux qui ne lui allaient pas du tout.<br /> - .et des cannes qu'il ne se connaissait point.<br /> 2. - Ne trouvant même plus de place dans ses armoires pour serrer ses effets.<br /> - Mr. Papillon demande une explication qui n'amene rien de bon.<br /> - Lui prouve qu'il n'est qu'un vilain jaloux que tous les torts sont de son côté et qu'il n'a qu'à se retirer.<br /> 3. - Mais pourquoi diable aussi s'être amourache d'une Francaise! Ce peuple est si léger!. une Anglaise c'est plus calme.<br /> - Lady Brighton qu'il a tres souvent recontrée dans les promenades voilà une passion qui doit être tranquille!<br /> - Malheureusement toutes ses affections paraissent portées sur son chien.<br /> - Comment entrer en conversation. Mr. Papillon y ayant bien réfléchi achète une chienne.<br /> 4. -Mr. Papillon se rend à la promenade suivi de sa chienne.<br /> - Le chien de Mylady arrive immédiatement.<br /> - Mr. Papillon prend sa chienne sous son bras et se retire.<br /> - Rentré chez lui le chien de Lylady devient rêveur et refuse de manger.<br /> 5. - My lady remarque avec douleur le changement qui s'opere depuis quelques jours chez son chien.<br /> - et ne voit qu'un moyen engager Mr. Papillon à venir prendre le thé chez elle accompagné de sa chienne.<br /> - Croyant le moment favorable Mr. Papillon se jette aux pieds de Mylady lui déclare qu'il ne peut désormais vivre sans elle et que si on le repousse il en finira avec la vie. de sa chienne!<br /> 6. - My lady pense à son chien Mr. Papillon triomphe.<br /> - A dater de ce moment Mr. Papillon obtient l'autorisation de suivre tous les jours Mylady à la chasse au renard.<br /> 7. - Au bout de quelques jours Mylady est prise d'un accès de spleen.<br /> - Et conduisant Mr. Papillon au fond de son parc elle le prie de vouloir la suivre et lui donner ainsi une dernière marque d'affection.<br /> - Mr. Papillon croit poli de faire au moins semblant.<br /> - Apres quoi il décampe de l'Angleterre sur le premier bateau vapeur venu et débarque a Cadix.<br /> 8. - Et tombe foudroyé d'amour devant dona Prunella qui se rend a la course de taureaux.<br /> - Profite de cet incident pour acheler immédiatement un costume de picador.<br /> - Mr. Papillon se présent dans l'arène avec l'aisance d'un homme qui a fait autre chose toute sa vie.<br /> 9. - Mr. Papillon commence à croire que le véritable picadore n'est pas lui.<br /> - Et pense que son costume a du perdre de sa rigidité.<br /> - Mr. Papillon est de nouveau tiré de ses réflexions.<br /> 10. Heureusement il est une providence pour les amoureux; Mr. Papillon va tomber aux pieds de dona Prunella<br /> - qui par ses soins touchants et pas mal de cataplasmes apporte un adoucissement à sa mésaventure.<br /> - Et autorise Mr. Papillon qui a repris son costume ordinaire a venir tous les soirs de 8 à 10 donner une sérénade sous son balcon.<br /> 11. - Ayant un soir dépassé la dixieme heure Mr. Papillon se trouve nez à nez avec un rival qui a l'autorisation de 10 à 11 heures de nuit.<br /> - Beaucoup moins fort que son rival sur la guitare Mr. Papillon en recoit un fort coup sur la tête.<br /> - Dona Prunella soupçonnant qu'elle pourrait fort bien être pour quelque chose dans le nouvel accident arrivé a Mr. Papillon croit de son devoir de le recouvrir de nouveau de cataplasmes.<br /> - Rappelé à la vie Mr. Papillon veut témoigner sa reconnaissance compliquée de pas mal d'amour Dona Prunella réplique Cachucha et lui casse deux dents.<br /> 12. Mr. Papillon soupire après une femme qui ferait moins facilement ce qu'elle veut de ses pieds;. une Chinoise! Voilà son affaire.<br /> - Ne connaissant pas d'obstacles quand il s'agit peut-être de son bonheur Mr. Papillon débarque en Chine.<br /> - Mr. Papillon jetant ses regards autour de lui tombe éperdument amoureux de la belle Péko femme de Mandarin.<br /> 13. - S'habille en Chinois et entre comme enseigne chez le marchand de thé dont la boutique fait face aux fenêtres de la belle Péko.<br /> - Rentrant chez lui le mandarin remarque le magot Papillon et le trouve cocasse.<br /> - L'achète au marchand de the pour en garnir la cheminée de sa femme.<br /> 14. - L'ayant fait placer sur la cheminee le mandarin sort faire administrer cent coups de baton au professeur de tam-tam de Mme. Peko le soupconnant tres fort de faire la cour a son eleve.<br /> - Mr. Papillon profite de la circonstance pour sauter de la cheminee et expliquer la purete de ses intentions a Madame.<br /> - Regardant par la fenetre et voyant assommer le professeur de tam-tam la mandarine suppose qu'il ne sera plus bon a grand chose<br /> - et qu'elle ferait aussi bien de suivre Mr. Papillon qui lui en fait l'offre et parait un galant homme.<br /> 15. - Malheureusement ses pieds trop petits pour la porter la font tomber sur le nez au moment ou elle veut executer son projet.<br /> - Mr. Papillon tombe également au bruit de la sonnette qui annonce le retour du mandarin.<br /> - Le mandarin ramasse sa femme et considérant son magot s'étonne de ce qu'il soit tombé de la cheminée sans se casser.<br /> - Il lui campe un fort coup de baton sur la tête afin de se rendre bien compte de la dureté de sa pâte.<br /> 16. - Etonnement du mandarin qui reçoit une réplique à laquelle il était loin de s'attendre de la part d'un magot de cheminée.<br /> - Venant à avoir des soupçons le mandarin obtient jugement et condamnation contre son magot qui subit aussitôt la peine.<br /> - Le bourreau s'étant heureusement endormi au milieu de la cérémonie Mr. Papillon décampe avec le morceau de bois instrument de son supplice.<br /> - et parvient à le vendre à un peintre comme cadre pour un de ses tableaux.<br /> 17. - Poursuive et sur le point de tomber entre les mains des soldats du mandarin Mr. Papillon supplie un bourgeois Chinois de vouloir bien le chacher dans sa maison.<br /> - Le bourgeois y consent à la condition que Mr. Papillon lui donnera une marque de confiance à laquelle on tient beaucoup en Chine.<br /> - Le Chinois manque un bêau jour on bût; Mr. Papillon lui retire sa confiance et sa personne.<br /> - Ayant repris ses anciens effets et s'embarquant comme de coutume sur le premier bateau a vapeur venu Mr. Papillon débarque en Laponie.<br /> 18. - Mr. Papillon n'en est pas fache car il n'aura rien a craindre de maris aussi petits dans le cas ou ils viendraient à entrer en fureur.<br /> - Aussi se donne-t-il un affreux tour de reins en adressant ses hommages à une Lapone.<br /> - Ayant obtenu un rendez-vous le mari Lapon venant à rentrer Madame fait chacher Mr. Papillon dans son armoire.<br /> - Mr. Papillon a beau faire le mari Lapon aperçoit quelque chose.<br /> 19. - Mr.Papillon prend la fuite mais le mari Lapon monte en voiture et lui donne la chasse.<br /> - Mr Papillon est saisi par l'équipage.<br /> - Heureusement pour lui son tailleur lui fournissait de mauvaises étoffes.<br /> 20. - Mr. Papillon gagne le port le plus voisin s'embarque comme d'habitude sur le premier vaisseau venu et débarque en Corse<br /> - où il parvient a nouer une intrigue dont il se dégoûte vite en voyant le couteau de la vendetta piqué dans sa porte comme avertissement.<br /> - Rentré en France Mr. Papillon éprouve le besoin de faire une fin Malheureusement ses aventures ayant fait du bruit il épouse sa femme de ménage qui seule voulut bien accepter sa main. Paris: Maison Martinet, 1856 unknown
05954Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1850. Fifteen Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Caricaturing the British<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Mœurs Britanniques. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. n.d. ca. 1850.<br /> <br /> Large folio 13 1/4 x 10 inches; 336 x 252 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen numbered hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum arabic.<br /> <br /> Publisher's cream-colored glazed lithographed boards neatly rebacked with cream-colored cloth backstrip. A little bit of marginal soiling. Otherwise a near fine copy.<br /> <br /> Of Charles Amédée de Noé 1818-1879 "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> The Plates: <br /> 1. Une femme bien attachée<br /> 2. Le Quaker<br /> 3. Le Recruteur<br /> 4. Visite au Musée<br /> 5. Mariage d'inclination<br /> 6. Les Hauts grades <br /> 7. Philanthropie. Bien entendue<br /> 8. Les Boxeurs<br /> 9. L'Écossais<br /> 10 Un Costume national<br /> 11. Baragouin Britannique <br /> 12. In the Stocks <br /> 13. Le Péage du turn-pike<br /> 14. L'Invalide de Chelsea<br /> 15. Smithfied Market<br /> <br /> Bobins III 842. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850 unknown
05311Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1850. Fifteen Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Caricaturing the British<br /> <br /> CHAM illustrator. Mœurs Britanniques. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. n.d. ca. 1850.<br /> <br /> Large folio 12 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches; 327 x 244 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen numbered hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum arabic. Publisher's advertisement leaf at end. Small neat 1 1/8 inch repair to top margin of plate 12 not affecting image some minor and mainly marginal scattered foxing otherwise an excellent example.<br /> <br /> Contemporary quarter dark brown ribbed cloth over marbled boards. Some wear to corners and edges of boards.<br /> <br /> Of Amédée de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> The Plates: <br /> 1. Une femme bien attachée<br /> 2. Le Quaker<br /> 3. Le Recruteur<br /> 4. Visite au Musée<br /> 5. Mariage d'inclination<br /> 6. Les Hauts grades <br /> 7. Philanthropie. Bien entendue<br /> 8. Les Boxeurs<br /> 9. L'Écossais<br /> 10 Un Costume national<br /> 11. Baragouin Britannique <br /> 12. In the Stocks <br /> 13. Le Péage du turn-pike<br /> 14. L'Invalide de Chelsea<br /> 15. Smithfied Market. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850 unknown
05327Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1846. The Pleasures of Youth.<br /> Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure Elégance Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. n.d. 1846. <br /> <br /> First only edition complete. <br /> <br /> Folio 13 x 9 5/8 inches; 330 x 245 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title page and twenty hand-colored lithographed plates all heightened with gum arabic.<br /> <br /> Original pictorial lithographed green boards. Minimal rubbing to board edges and corners near fine.<br /> <br /> Rare with OCLC recording only six copies in institutional holdings worldwide and only one auction record since 1923.<br /> <br /> We have only seen one other copy of this title.<br /> <br /> A satire of the bustle behavior customs and pleasures of young Parisian gentlemen - golden youth.<br /> <br /> Of Amédée de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> The Plates:<br /> 1. Ne vous effrayez pas!<br /> 2. Un objet de prix pour ne rien prendre<br /> 3. Fol de carrossier.<br /> 4. Un maitre dans une peau de domestique.<br /> 5. Des gages fabuleux.<br /> 6. Ton vicomte est un cuistre!<br /> 7. Pauvre créancier!<br /> 8. L'ami de coeur.<br /> 9. Tiens! C'est le m'sieu du château!<br /> 10. Palsambleu quél bon petit chic!!<br /> 11. L'etat d'heritier a bien ses charges!<br /> 12. Monsieur le baron après souper.<br /> 13. Prenez y garde John!<br /> 14. Un ci-devant.<br /> 15. Tachez donc de faire aller mes cheveux!<br /> 16 Le tir des pigeons.<br /> 17. Oh he! Ce cavalier! Ohe!<br /> 18. Bravo Marquis! Tu arrives le premier.<br /> 19. Dieu! La belle chasse.<br /> 20. Au diable les préjugés! Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.,, 1846 unknown
03321Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. 1846. The Pleasures of Youth.<br /> Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play<br /> <br /> CHAM pseudonym of Amédée de Noé. Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure Elégance Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. n.d. 1846. <br /> <br /> First only edition complete. <br /> <br /> Folio 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 250 mm. Hand-colored lithographed title page and twenty hand-colored lithographed plates. Pictorial lithographed advertisement and Aubert et Cie. catalogue 16 pp. at rear. <br /> <br /> Original pictorial lithographed green boards. Later dark green pebbled cloth spine and endpapers. Board edges and corners a little rubbed some light mainly marginal foxing. Small repaired tear to outer margin of lithographed advertisement leaf. An excellent example. With the bookplate of Joel Spitz on front paste-down. <br /> <br /> Provenance: purchased in Paris 1947.<br /> <br /> Rare with OCLC recording only six copies in institutional holdings worldwide and no auction records since 1923.<br /> <br /> We have only seen one other copy of this title.<br /> <br /> A satire of the bustle behavior customs and pleasures of young Parisian gentlemen - golden youth.<br /> <br /> Of Amédée de Noé "known as Cham that is Ham the son of Noah.it was said that he had 'an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège 173 in which Daumier was his collaborator are typical of his work" Ray pp. 155-156.<br /> <br /> The Plates:<br /> 1. Ne vous effrayez pas!<br /> 2. Un objet de prix pour ne rien prendre<br /> 3. Fol de carrossier.<br /> 4. Un maitre dans une peau de domestique.<br /> 5. Des gages fabuleux.<br /> 6. Ton vicomte est un cuistre!<br /> 7. Pauvre créancier!<br /> 8. L'ami de coeur.<br /> 9. Tiens! C'est le m'sieu du château!<br /> 10. Palsambleu quél bon petit chic!!<br /> 11. L'etat d'heritier a bien ses charges!<br /> 12. Monsieur le baron après souper.<br /> 13. Prenez y garde John!<br /> 14. Un ci-devant.<br /> 15. Tachez donc de faire aller mes cheveux!<br /> 16 Le tir des pigeons.<br /> 17. Oh he! Ce cavalier! Ohe!<br /> 18. Bravo Marquis! Tu arrives le premier.<br /> 19. Dieu! La belle chasse.<br /> 20. Au diable les préjugés! Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.,, [1846] unknown
