Author: ADAM, Victor
Title: Fetes Des Environs de Paris
Description: Paris: Vallée, Chaillou-Potrelle, 1830. The Festivals held around Paris in the Early Nineteenth Century Twelve Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Victor Adam ADAM, Victor. Fetes des Environs de Paris. Par Victor Adam. Paris: Vallée, Chaillou-Potrelle, 1830. First edition. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/4 inches: 254 x 336 mm.). Publisher's lithographed vignette green wrapper as title. Twelve superb hand colored lithograph plates. Plate no. 5 (Auteuil) with a small (1 7/8 inch) expertly repaired lower blank margin closed-tear - not touching image. All plate with the exception of nos. 4 & 8 have "à Londres chez Ackermann dans le Strand" printed at foot. Loose as issued in publisher's pictorial gray lithographed wrappers. Housed in a blue cloth clamshell case, spine with dark blue morocco label lettered in gilt. Wrapper edges a little worn but still a very fine example of this extremely rare suite of plates. Small ownership stamp on lower corner of title. Complete suite of twelve original lithographs by Victor Adam showing the public festivals of Montmorency, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, la Villette, Auteuil, Vincennes, Beaugrenelle, Fontenay-aux-Roses, Sceaux, Chatenay, Bellevue (Meudon) and Saint- Cloud. This fascinating look at the festivals held around Paris transports us back to a bygone era of merriment and joy. The scenes are filled with an array of attractions that promise endless entertainment for visitors. OCLC/KVK locate just three copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Bibliotheque National de France; Morgan Library and Museum (NY, US); Universiteit Van Amsterdam (Netherlands). It would appear that the only colored copy is the one on the Bibliotheque National de France. Jean Victor Adam (1801-1866) was a French painter and lithographer. Born in Paris he was the son of Jean Adam, an esteemed engraver. During the years 1814 to 1818 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and also in the ateliers of Meynier and Régnault. In 1819 he exhibited 'Herminia succouring Tancred.' He was almost immediately afterwards employed to paint various subjects for the Museum at Versailles, amongst which are, 'The Entry of the French into Mainz,' 'The Battle of Varroux,' 'The Taking of Menin, 'The Battle of Castiglione,' 'The Passage of the Cluse,' 'The Battle of Montebello,' 'The Capitulation of Meiningen;' the last three in association with Alaux. He also exhibited down to the year 1838: 'Henry IV. after the Battle of Coutras,' 'Trait of Kindness in the Duke de Berri,' 'The Postillion,' 'The Vivandiere,' 'The Road to Poissy,' 'The Return from the Chase,' 'Horse-fair at Caen,' and numerous other subjects. He then retired from publicity, till 1846, when he appeared as the exhibitor of some works in lithography, to which branch of art he afterwards restricted himself. In this line he produced a lithographic album, 'Views in the Environs of Paris,' 'Studies of Animals for an edition of Buffon,' &c. He obtained a gold medal in 1824, a second class medal in 1836, besides several others from Lille, Douai, and other cities. He died at Viroflay in 1866. “Beraldi assigns between 7000 and 8000 designs to Victor Adam [1801-1865]-A Parisian by birth, he remained in the capital all his life, but this did not prevent him from drawing negroes, Turks, Chinese, and other peoples all over the world in his Paris studio. He was famous, indeed, as a faiseur de bonshommes, that is to say a specialist in adding groups of small figures to the foreground of architectural or landscape drawings by other artists-His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time” (Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, p. 194). The Plates: 1. La Poste aux Anes à Montmorency 2. Bal de Montmorenci 3. La Foire aux Logies dans le Foret de St. Germain 4. Joutes sur l'eau. A la villette 5. Auteuil 6. Vincennes 7. Beau Grenelle. Couronnement de la Rosière 8. Fontenay-aux-Roses 9. La St. Jean. à Sceaux 10. Chatenay 11. Belle-Vue. près de Sèvres 12. St. Cloud Bobins V, 1525; Not in Colas, Hiler or Lipperheide. .
Keywords: Books in French Caricatures French History French Caricature
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Title: Fetes Des Environs de Paris
Description: Paris: Vallée, Chaillou-Potrelle, 1830. The Festivals held around Paris in the Early Nineteenth Century Twelve Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Victor Adam ADAM, Victor. Fetes des Environs de Paris. Par Victor Adam. Paris: Vallée, Chaillou-Potrelle, 1830. First edition. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/4 inches: 254 x 336 mm.). Publisher's lithographed vignette green wrapper as title. Twelve superb hand colored lithograph plates. Plate no. 5 (Auteuil) with a small (1 7/8 inch) expertly repaired lower blank margin closed-tear - not touching image. All plate with the exception of nos. 4 & 8 have "à Londres chez Ackermann dans le Strand" printed at foot. Loose as issued in publisher's pictorial gray lithographed wrappers. Housed in a blue cloth clamshell case, spine with dark blue morocco label lettered in gilt. Wrapper edges a little worn but still a very fine example of this extremely rare suite of plates. Small ownership stamp on lower corner of title. Complete suite of twelve original lithographs by Victor Adam showing the public festivals of Montmorency, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, la Villette, Auteuil, Vincennes, Beaugrenelle, Fontenay-aux-Roses, Sceaux, Chatenay, Bellevue (Meudon) and Saint- Cloud. This fascinating look at the festivals held around Paris transports us back to a bygone era of merriment and joy. The scenes are filled with an array of attractions that promise endless entertainment for visitors. OCLC/KVK locate just three copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Bibliotheque National de France; Morgan Library and Museum (NY, US); Universiteit Van Amsterdam (Netherlands). It would appear that the only colored copy is the one on the Bibliotheque National de France. Jean Victor Adam (1801-1866) was a French painter and lithographer. Born in Paris he was the son of Jean Adam, an esteemed engraver. During the years 1814 to 1818 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and also in the ateliers of Meynier and Régnault. In 1819 he exhibited 'Herminia succouring Tancred.' He was almost immediately afterwards employed to paint various subjects for the Museum at Versailles, amongst which are, 'The Entry of the French into Mainz,' 'The Battle of Varroux,' 'The Taking of Menin, 'The Battle of Castiglione,' 'The Passage of the Cluse,' 'The Battle of Montebello,' 'The Capitulation of Meiningen;' the last three in association with Alaux. He also exhibited down to the year 1838: 'Henry IV. after the Battle of Coutras,' 'Trait of Kindness in the Duke de Berri,' 'The Postillion,' 'The Vivandiere,' 'The Road to Poissy,' 'The Return from the Chase,' 'Horse-fair at Caen,' and numerous other subjects. He then retired from publicity, till 1846, when he appeared as the exhibitor of some works in lithography, to which branch of art he afterwards restricted himself. In this line he produced a lithographic album, 'Views in the Environs of Paris,' 'Studies of Animals for an edition of Buffon,' &c. He obtained a gold medal in 1824, a second class medal in 1836, besides several others from Lille, Douai, and other cities. He died at Viroflay in 1866. “Beraldi assigns between 7000 and 8000 designs to Victor Adam [1801-1865]-A Parisian by birth, he remained in the capital all his life, but this did not prevent him from drawing negroes, Turks, Chinese, and other peoples all over the world in his Paris studio. He was famous, indeed, as a faiseur de bonshommes, that is to say a specialist in adding groups of small figures to the foreground of architectural or landscape drawings by other artists-His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time” (Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, p. 194). The Plates: 1. La Poste aux Anes à Montmorency 2. Bal de Montmorenci 3. La Foire aux Logies dans le Foret de St. Germain 4. Joutes sur l'eau. A la villette 5. Auteuil 6. Vincennes 7. Beau Grenelle. Couronnement de la Rosière 8. Fontenay-aux-Roses 9. La St. Jean. à Sceaux 10. Chatenay 11. Belle-Vue. près de Sèvres 12. St. Cloud Bobins V, 1525; Not in Colas, Hiler or Lipperheide. .
Keywords: Books in French Caricatures French History French Caricature
Price: US$ 5500.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05980
- Book number: 05980
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