LAPIDOTH, FRITS [WILLEM FREDERIK LODEWIJK, 1861-1932),

Fransche Teekenaars. [Eerste druk; First edition].

's-Greavenhage, Loman & Funke, [..], 1894. Small 8°. Original private morocco backed marbled boards with gilded thin line border, spine in compartment with ochre morocco title label. Hftitle (verso blank). 196pp. 38 captioned monochrome and tinted plates reproduced after the original drawings (cartoons and caricatures), errata, table of contents. Dutch language critical assessment of cartoons and caricatures by foremost modern french draughtsmen, e.g.: Daumier, Gavarni, Bac, Grévin, Willette, Mimi Pinson, Mars, Crafty, Ibbels, Robina, Caran d'Ache (et.al.). Very good, untrimmed copy in a very nice and attractive private binding.

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