Author: VALMONT, Auguste de, illustrator Title: Histoire D’Un Comédien, En 12 Planches Par Auguste de Valmont
Description: Paris: Chez P.Marino, 1825. Twelve Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates [VALMONT, Auguste de, illustrator]. Histoire d’une comédienne, en 12 planches par Auguste de Valmont. Paris: Chez P. Marino, [n.d. ca. 1825]. Folio (13 x 9 1/2 inches; 330 x 241 mm.). Publisher's pale green lithograph wrapper as title. Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates lithographed by Senefelder. A few light marginal spots otherwise clean and fresh. Mid twentieth century dark blue cloth over marbled boards, spine lettered horizontally in gilt. Publisher's lithograph wrapper bound in. OCLC locates just two copies of in libraries and institutions worldwide: Harvard University, Houghton Library (MA, USA); Morgan Library and Museum (NY, USA). Auguste de Valmont (fl. 1817-1827). Fashion illustrator in Paris, drawing many lithographs for publishers, often signed on the stone 'A de V' or similar. His designs often have a satirical twist. The Plates: Histoire d’un comédienne- 1. "L'enlèvement" 2. "L'engagement" 3. "Le choix d'un ami utile" 4. "La dispute du Rôle" 5. "L'assurance contre les chûtes" 6. "Le succès" 7. "La lecture de la Tragédie" 8. "Le Béneficiare" 9. "La toilette dans la loge" 10. Le départ pour Londres" 11. "Les trois rivaux" 12. "Une soirée au Spectacle" Not in Colas, Hiler, or Lipperheide. .
Keywords: Books in French Caricatures Costume French Caricature
Price: US$ 4500.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05992
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