HISTOIRE DE LA CARACATURE Antique, Au Moyen Age Et Sous La Renaissance, Moderne, Sous La Reforme Et La Ligue - Louis XIII A Louis XVI, Sous La Republique L'Empire Et La Restauration. Five volumes.
Paris, France: E. Dentu, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good condition. Item #004706
Five volumes similarly bound in red leather spine with marbled paper-covered boards. Antique: xxiv, 332 pages of text; 2nd edition 1867; color frontispiece and numerous in-text black & white line-drawings; excellent condition with only minor rubbing to the extremities. Au Moyen: [vi], 351 pages of text; 2nd edition 1867; color frontispiece and numerous black & white plates and in-text line-drawings; original printed orange paper wrappers bound-in; text with scattered foxing; hinges of binding quite worn and spine slightly darkened. Moderne: xx, 319 pages of text; 1st edition 1865; numerous black & white plates (by Daumier) and in-text line-drawings; original printed orange paper wrappers bound-in; text with scattered foxing; hinges of binding quite worn and spine slightly darkened. Reforme: [ii], xiv, 323 pages of text; 1st edition 1880; color frontispiece and numerous black & white plates and in-text line-drawings; original printed orange paper wrappers bound-in; text with scattered foxing; hinges of binding slightly weakened, and spine slightly darkened. Republique: [vi], 356 pages of text; 1st edition 1874; color frontispiece and numerous black & white plates and in-text line-drawings; excellent condition with only minor rubbing to the extremities and minor foxing scattered throughout text. Text is in French. A mixed edition set, attractive and complete.
Price: $750.00