CHAM. [Works]. Paris, Maison Martinet, [or] A La Librairie nouvelle, and at the office of the newspaper *Le Charivari*, [or] Arnauld de Vresse, Publisher, n.d. [circa 1850]. A collection of 15 caricature works in 3 small quarto volumes, red long-grain half-maroquin, with a gold-toothed roulette edging the covers, a smooth, decorated spine, and a gilt head (late 19th-century binding). Volume I: • The Civil Code with Commentary […] A work intended for those who wish to have run-ins with the law. Part One; • New Sketches; • Physics Course; • Paris at the Races. Album; • Schoolboys on Vacation. Volume II: • Contemporary Sketches. (Flecks); • The Civil Code with Commentary […] Part Two; • The Civil Code with Commentary […] Part Three and Final Part; • Those Handsome Gentlemen and Those Charming Young Ladies. Album; • The Illustrated Grammar. (A few flecks). Volume III: • Autumn Scenes; • At the Opera Ball. Sketches; • The Hunter’s Handbook; • During the Heat Wave. Sketches; • Miscellaneous. Sketches. From the library of Julien Bounetou (1866–1944), with bookplates.
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CHAM. [Works].
Paris, Maison Martinet, [or] A La Librairie nouvelle, and at the office of the newspaper *Le Charivari*, [or] Arnauld de Vresse, Publisher, n.d. [circa 1850]. A collection of 15 caricature works in 3 small quarto volumes, red long-grain half-maroquin, with a gold-toothed roulette edging the covers, a smooth, decorated spine, and a gilt head (late 19th-century binding).
Volume I: • The Civil Code with Commentary […] A work intended for those who wish to have run-ins with the law. Part One; • New Sketches; • Physics Course; • Paris at the Races. Album; • Schoolboys on Vacation.
Volume II: • Contemporary Sketches. (Flecks); • The Civil Code with Commentary […] Part Two; • The Civil Code with Commentary […] Part Three and Final Part; • Those Handsome Gentlemen and Those Charming Young Ladies. Album; • The Illustrated Grammar. (A few flecks).
Volume III: • Autumn Scenes; • At the Opera Ball. Sketches; • The Hunter’s Handbook; • During the Heat Wave. Sketches; • Miscellaneous. Sketches.
From the library of Julien Bounetou (1866–1944), with bookplates.
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