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Williamstown, Mass.: Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, 1986. Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, distributor.. Oblong 8vo. 80 pp., illus. A blank diary with 24 colored fashion plates from the 1827 publication "Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris pour servir d'explication aux 115 caricatures publiées sous le titre de bon genre depuis le commencement du dix-neuvième siècle." As new in wraps.

Paris: Albert Levy, 1931. 91/750. Softcover. As-Is (missing portfolio, title page, any text pages and only has 86 of the original 115 plates. Missing plates: 4, 5, 10, 11, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 33, 35, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 49, 61, 64, 65, 73, 80, 82, 91, 96, 97, 99, 102, 105. The remaining 86 plates are clean and clear with exception of plate #85 having some smudged edges and creased corners not affecing the plate). Missing portfolio covers and title page. Includes title half page, a preface by Leon Moussinac and 86 loose, hand colored engraved plates. Text is in French. Printed in edition of 750 copies, this being number 91. Plates engraved by E. Doistau, printed by R. Tanburro and colored by J. Saude. Completed in print on February 20, 1931. This is a reprint of the 1827 collection. Includes a preface by Leon Moussinac.

Good copy of the 1931 re-issue of this rare suite of engravings
Complete with all 115 plates newly engraved by E. Doisteau, printed by R. Tanburro and hand-coloured in pochoir (stencil) by J. Saude
After the original hand-coloured plates by Georges-Jacques Gatine, Nicolas Schencker and others after designs by artists Horace Vernet, Louis-Marie Lanté, Dominique Bosio, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Dutailly, etc.
Example No. 490 of a print run of 750 numbered copies and ten copies hors commerce numbered I to X.
The plates were sold individually from 1811, then the first 104 plates were collected and published in a suite with explanatory text in 1817. A second edition was published in 1827 with an additional 11 plates (for a total of 115 plates) with 24 pages of Observations by Pierre de la Mésangère.
The magnificent caricatures depict not only the belles and dandies of the Empire and Restoration eras, but also Parisian public entertainment, street performers, masquerade balls, the latest dance crazes (the… Read More

Williamstown, MA: Clark Institute. New. 1986. Paperback. 1556601832 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED- A blank diary with 24 colored fashion plates from the 1827 publication "Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris pour servir d'explication aux 115 caricatures publiées sous le titre de bon genre depuis le commencement du dix-neuvième siècle. " Wraps. 80 pp. ; illus. Oblong. 23 x 15 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .

Paris.: (Vassal et Essling), chez l'Editeur., 1827.. Contemporary red calf-backed marbled boards, title gilt with elaborate gilt tooling to spine.. Folio. (405 x 292 mm).. Half-title, title, list of plates with descriptive text (pp. 24) and 115 hand coloured engraved plates by Gatine and Schencker after designs by Carle Vernet, Bosio, Lante, Dutailly and others. A fine copy with full margins, with a sheet size measuring 392 x 275 mm (the copy cited by Carteret measures only 360 x 265 mm). One of the scarcest fashion and caricature suites with superb coloured plates.As well as caricaturing the excesses of contemporary fashion and society, the finely executed plates depict various public entertainers including the rope-dancing troupes of Forioso and Ravel, a magic lantern, two performing dog acts, two of Indian jugglers, two of acrobats, and four different aerial runways.'Cet admirable recueil, un des plus beaux de son époque, est d'une grande rareté à toutes marges. On le rencontre souvent… Read More