[DANCE]. [CONCANEN, Edward, et al]

Read's Characteristic National Dances;

London: Read & Co- Ackermann & Co., [1853]. A Presentation Copy Thirteen Fine Hand-Colored Steel Engraved Plates Showing The Folk Dances of Many Lands [DANCE]. [CONCANEN, Edward. FROST, Thomas. MASON, R.H. & LOWNDES, Mrs.]. Read's Characteristic National Dances; Including a Series of Tales by Popular Authors. London: Read & Co- Ackermann & Co. n.d. [1853]. First edition. Presentation Copy. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in; 276 x 210 mm). [4], 101, [1, blank] pp. Thirteen hand-colored steel engraved plates heightened with gum arabic, including frontispiece and lithographed title. Plates dated Nov. 1, 1853. Publisher's crimson morocco-grained cloth (designed by John Leighton, b. 1822 - d. 1912), recased. Paneled in gilt in an arboreal motif, the front cover pictorially gilt-stamped with a scene of dancing around a maypole, rear cover with a large arabesque lozenge. All edges gilt. Spine extremes strengthened. Neat ink presentation inscription on front free-endpaper "Mrs. W.V. Patten. / with R.H. Mason's most Kind regards. / [flourish] / Decr. 8th. 1853. / [flourish]". R.H. Mason was the author of four of the chapters in this book: The Irish jig; The Mexican jarabe dance; The Chinese sun & moon dance, and The Turkish saraband. "The origin of the accomplishment of dancing has never been traced; probably it is coeval with legs and feet, for there is not a nation on the face of the broad earth but what can manage to knock up a hop of some kind or another; and the inhabitants of all climes, each in a way of their own, adopt it as a recreation or introduce it in solemn ritual-" (address to the reader). "The title vignette shows a group around a fire dancing an English folk dance, the Sir Roger de Coverley, the following plate the Highland Fling, and from there the dancing progresses across Europe to India and China figuratively speaking," H. Mandeville. The authors described the dances depicted, Mrs Lowndes specifically describing the Swiss folk dance. This work has been called an elegantly illustrated "gift book" whose intention was to suggest that national (folk) dance could express true feeling better than more "artificial" forms of dance, which seems possibly to contravene contemporary thought on theatrical dance, which was in the ascendant at this time." (Bobins III, 888). "Realistic engravings illustrate a point in each of the twelve tales" (Niles & Leslie). Little is known about Edward Concanen beyond that OCLC records five books authored by him, all, as here, published by Read & Co. Other contributing writers include Thomas Frost, Mrs. Lowndes (Hannah Maria Jones), and R.H. Mason. The Plates: 1. Frontispiece - The May-pole dance. (T. Frost) 2. Engraved title. 3. The Highland fling. (E. Concanen) 4. The Irish jig. (R.H. Mason) 5. Minuet de la Cour. (T. Frost) 6. The Spanish fandango. (E. Concanen) 7. The Neapolitan dance. (E. Concanen) 8. The Swiss dance. (Mrs. Lowndes) 9. The Grecian dance. (E. Concanen) 10. The Mexican jarabe dance. (R.H. Mason) 11. The Chinese sun & moon dance. (R.H. Mason) 12. The Turkish saraband. (R.H. Mason) 13. The Hindostanee shawl dance. (T. Frost) Bobins, III, 888; Magriel, p. 53; Niles & Leslie II, p. 441. .

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Book number: 02806

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Caricatures Dance

ACKERMANN, Rudolph

Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826;

London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Ackermann’s “Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball” [ACKERMANN, Rudolph]. Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826; in Thirteen Highly Coloured Plates: with a Description of the Entertainments on that Occasion. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Small quarto (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 240 x 190 mm.). 16 pp. Thirteen hand-colored engraved plates. Original printed stiff wrappers expertly rebacked with tan calf. Wrappers slightly soiled and a little worn at corners. Minimal edge wear and marginal soiling. Inserted ownership leaf inscribed March 1850. An excellent copy of a very rare book. Housed in a felt-lined, half red morocco clamshell case, spine ruled in gilt, black morocco gilt lettering label. “To the year 1828 belongs the Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball given by the British Ambassador, Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, 1826. The book appeals to many by its thirteen plates (line engravings, tinted by hand) and descriptive text of the dresses worn by the many people of rank and distinction, who formed quadrilles composed of characters from the novels of Sir Walter Scott and La Motte Fouqué. ‘The profusion of jewels and precious stones displayed on this occasion was almost incredible. The grandeur of the whole, the high rank of the co-operating persons, the assemblage of the flower of the highest nobility, of female beauty, and of noble manly forms, the brilliant armour and weapons, the succession of characters of the East and of the West, of history and of romance—all served to heighten the impression of this extraordinary fête, which can never be erased from the memory of those who had the good fortune to be present’” (Martin Hardie, p. 116). Martin Hardie, pp. 116 and 314. Not in Abbey or Tooley. .

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Book number: 03945

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Costume Dance History

ACKERMANN, Rudolph

Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826;

London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Ackermann’s “Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball” [ACKERMANN, Rudolph]. Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826; in Thirteen Highly Coloured Plates: with a Description of the Entertainments on that Occasion. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Small quarto (9 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches; 238 x 191 mm.). 16 pp. Thirteen hand-colored engraved plates. Later quarter black roan over original tan printed wrappers. Covers slightly stained, front cover with two small areas of abrasion just affecting lettering. An excellent copy housed in a custom made, felt-lined half black morocco clamshell case, spine with five raised bands, decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. “To the year 1828 belongs the Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball given by the British Ambassador, Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, 1826. The book appeals to many by its thirteen plates (line engravings, tinted by hand) and descriptive text of the dresses worn by the many people of rank and distinction, who formed quadrilles composed of characters from the novels of Sir Walter Scott and La Motte Fouqué. ‘The profusion of jewels and precious stones displayed on this occasion was almost incredible. The grandeur of the whole, the high rank of the co-operating persons, the assemblage of the flower of the highest nobility, of female beauty, and of noble manly forms, the brilliant armour and weapons, the succession of characters of the East and of the West, of history and of romance—all served to heighten the impression of this extraordinary fête, which can never be erased from the memory of those who had the good fortune to be present’” (Martin Hardie, p. 116). Martin Hardie, pp. 116 and 314. Not in Abbey or Tooley. .

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Book number: 03949

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Costume Dance History

ACKERMANN, Rudolph; PUGIN, Augustus Charles, artist; COMBE, William

History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster, the

London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. Highest Praise" For Ackermann’s Colleges "Equals, If Not Surpasses, That of Oxford and Cambridge" [ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher]. The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul’s, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ’s Hospital. London: Printed for and Published by R. Ackermann, 1816. First edition, early issue. Large quarto (13 3/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 340 x 282 mm.). vi, [1, “Arrangement of Plates”], [1, blank], 56; 72; 27, [1, blank]; 32; 34; 22; 40; 34; 43, [1, blank] pp. With forty-eight hand-colored plates (forty-five aquatint and three engraved), including four costume plates and forty-four views by Havell, Stadler, Bluck, and others, after Westall, Mackenzie, Pugin, and others. All plates with tissue guards. Text watermarked 1816, plates watermarked 1812 and 1816. Abbey's second state of Plate 6 (“Winchester College, from the Meadow”), dated “Jany. 1, 1816”; Abbey's second state of Plate 23 (“Westminster School Room”), with hats added to the masters; Abbey's second state of Plate 26 (”Charter House, from the Play Ground”), depicting thirteen boys and masters playing cricket (instead of washerwomen). Handsomely bound ca. 1940 by Birdsall of Northampton & London (stamp-signed in gilt on lower front turn-in). Full red morocco, covers decoratively paneled and tooled in gilt. Spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins, cockerel endpapers, top edge gilt. Housed in a later leather-edged slipcase. A wonderful example - the plates with early watermarks, all clean and fresh with superb hand coloring. With the pencil marks of the late, great bookseller Charles W. Traylen of Guildford on the verso of the front free endpaper date "30. 11. 63" “[Ackermann’s History of the University of Oxford (1813) and History of the University of Cambridge (1814)] were fittingly followed by a History of the Colleges-Of this also a thousand copies were issued in monthly parts, the first appearing on January 1, 1816-The text, with the exception of the parts dealing with Winchester, Eton, and Harrow (the work of W.H. Pyne), were entirely written by Combe, and the same artists were employed in its decoration, the highest praise for which is that it equals, if not surpasses, that of Oxford and Cambridge. The original drawings for the forty-eight coloured plates were distributed among Westall, who executed fifteen, and Pugin and Mackenzie, who did fourteen each, while one is by J. Gendall, who besides illustrating Ackermann’s publications was employed for some years in managing his business, particularly in developing the new art of lithography. The actual engraving was done by Havell and Stadler, with a few plates by Bluck and Bennett, and four line engravings of costume by Agar after Uwins. Here again it may be noticed that many of the aquatints are printed in two colours before being finished by hand” (Martin Hardie). The roots of Birdsall of Northampton "stretch back to the early eighteenth century but it was in 1792 that John Lacy's Northampton bindery was acquired by William Birdsall, continuing in his family until 1961..In Birdsall's heyday, Gerring (Notes on Bookbinding, 1899) reported a staff of 250 engaged in making ladies handbags, fancy boxes, and stationary; as well as all types of bookbinding. The firm seemed always ready to experiment and careful records and samples were kept by Richard Birdsall, great-great-nephew of the founder, until he died in 1909..The firm's collection of over 3,000 finishing tools passed to the University of Toronto" (Maggs, Bookbinding in the British Isles II, #262, and #321). "Birdsall's is notable for the high quality of their leathers and finishings, as well as for the inventive style of their 'inlaid pictorial bindings'" (Chevalier Collection, Christie's November 9, 1990). Abbey, Scenery, 440; Adams, London Illustrated, 116; Martin Hardie, pp. 106-107; Prideaux, pp. 126 and 332; Tooley 3. .

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Book number: 05471

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: PUGIN, Augustus Charles, artist COMBE, William Color-Plate Books Bindings English History Topography Views

ACKERMANN, Rudolph; COMBE, William; PUGIN, Augustus; ROWLANDSON, Thomas

Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature, the

London: R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1808. With Eight of Abbey's Twelve Key Plates in Their First "Luminous" State A Wonderful Example with 'Pre-Publication' Watermarks Throughout Bound in Early Twentieth Century Three-Quarter Red Straight-Grain Morocco [ACKERMANN, R[udolph]. The Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature]. London: R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, [1808-1810]. First edition, early issue, bound from the original parts, with eight of Abbey's twelve key plates in their first state. Text watermarked J. Whatman 1806 & 1807 and also L & D 1807; plates watermarked J. Whatman 1806, 1807, 1808 & 1809. "Contents" leaf in volume one in first state. With all of the errata uncorrected, except for that reading “coustom” for “custom” on p. 218 of Volume I (see Abbey, Scenery, p. 138). Complete with the half-titles, woodcut titles and engraved dedication leaves in each volume. Three large quarto volumes (12 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches; 321 x 267 mm.). [1, pictorial woodcut title], [1, blank], [1, dedication], [1, blank], iv, introduction, 1, contents, [1, blank], [1, half-title]-231, [1, blank]; [1, pictorial woodcut title], [1, blank], [1, dedication], [1, blank], [1, contents], [1, blank], [1, half-title], [1, blank], [iii]-vi, introduction, [1]-239, [1, blank]; [1, pictorial woodcut title], [1, blank], [1, dedication], [1, blank], [1, contents], [1, publisher's note], [1, half-title], [1, blank], [iii]-iv, introduction, [1]-280, [6, index and errata] pp. With 104 hand-colored aquatint plates, including fifty-four by J. Bluck, twenty-nine by J.C. Stadler, ten by T. Sutherland, ten by J. Hill, and one by Harraden, after Rowlandson and Pugin. First state of Abbey's key plates 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 & 11. Plates 3, 12 and 39 in second state as usual, plate 91 in third state. Four plates in volume II (nos. 49, 50, 51 & 52) with hardly noticeable tiny wormholes. The plates all bright and fresh, a very few plates with the slightest hint of offsetting from the facing page of text. A few text leaves with slight offsetting from the facing plate. Apart from some scattered foxing to the preliminary leaves of each volume and a few light marginal spots to the text, this is one of the cleanest examples of the Microcosm that we have seen. Handsomely bound by Bayntun of Bath ca. 1920. Three-quarter red straight-grain morocco over marbled boards, double-ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, matching marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine. "The book was issued in twenty-six monthly parts, each part containing four plates, and at 7s. a part, a price that was advanced early on to 10. 6d. for non-subscribers. A thousand sets are said to have been issued, a statement that may be correct for the original part publication, but must be considerably short of the final number, when bound sets distributed later are taken into account" "At the end of the third volume, a list of thirteen errata for the three volumes is given. If these have been corrected then the set will be found to be a late issue: if all the errata are uncorrected (this is rare), then the book has been bound from parts; the same claim of part binding can be made for sets that have errata uncorrected except for that reading 'coustom' for 'custom' on page 218 of volume 1. This is the case with the present copy -- all errata uncorrected except one." (Abbey). “The [book's] striking feature is not so much the text (though the third volume is notable as the work of W. Combe) but the coloured illustrations, in this case the combined work of Pugin and Rowlandson-The pictures in this book cover all the well-known public buildings of London—churches, banks, prisons, theatres, etc.—capitally portrayed by Pugin-The great metropolis, with its high life and low, its light and its shade, could have had no one better fitted [than Rowlandson] to portray its inmates. The spirited figures that he adds to Pugin’s backgrounds show that his talents were not limited to the ludicrous and grotesque. With the happiest faculty for expressing character, he is equally at home amid a serious discussion of naval policy at the Admiralty Board-Room, or among the excited, gambling crowd of the Royal Cockpit. At Westminster Abbey or Bridewell, the College of Physicians or Billingsgate, everywhere he has seized on the essential features and the typical frequenters of the place-The book is a living and delightful record of the old metropolis of [two] hundred years ago, the London of Lamb, Jane Austen, Dickens, and Thackeray, of places and incidents that are now mere memories” (Martin Hardie, pp. 101-102). “The ‘Microcosm of London’ is one of the great colour-plate books, and a carefully selected copy should form the corner stone of any collection of books on this subject. The plates by Rowlandson and Pugin present an unrivaled picture of London in early 19th century, of historic value, as many of the buildings no longer exist” (Tooley). Early impressions are particularly prized: “original impressions of these splendid plates have a luminous quality entirely absent from later printings” (Abbey). Abbey, Scenery, 212. Adams, London Illustrated, 99. Martin Hardie, pp. 100-103. Prideaux, pp. 121-124 and 348. Tooley 7. .

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Book number: 05478

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: COMBE, William PUGIN, Augustus ROWLANDSON, Thomas English History London Views

ADAM, Victor

Album de Sainte-Pélagie, Prison de la Dette

Paris [&] London: V. Morlet [&] McLean, 1830. Twelve Superb Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Scenes from the Debtor's Prison of Sainte-Pélagie ADAM, Victor. Album de Sainte-Pélagie, Prison de la Dette. [Gravures réhaussées à l'aquarelle. Douze scènes intérieures dessinées et lithographiées d’après nature par V. Adam]. Paris [&] London: Publié par V. Morlot [&] Mc.Léan, [n.d. ca. 1830]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches; 270 x 352 mm.). [4] pp. of descriptive text. Twelve numbered hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates lithographed by Bernard. Each plate with the publisher's oval blind-stamp in lower blank margin. Bound without the printed title-page. Mid-nineteenth century quarter red calf over marbled boards, smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt. A superb example with fine contemporary hand-coloring. The plates are captioned: “L’Écrou;” “Chambre du détenu malheureux;” “Chambre du détenu philosophe;” “Les Élections;” “Le Cabinet de lecture;” “Le Cabaret;“ “Le Café;” “Le Repas dans la cour;” “Les Jeux dans la cour;” “Le Bain du créancier;” “Le Paye;” and “Sortie du débiteur.” A rare album depicting various scenes at the Parisian prison of Sainte-Pélagie. This prison, once located in the 5th arrondissement, was active from 1790-1899 and housed many renowned prisoners during and after the French Revolution, including the Marquis de Sade. In this series, Adam conveys in various scenes of prison life the dignified squlor to which its inhabitants were reduced. Exceptionally rare. We have only seen this book once before - a copy with modern hand-coloring which we sold in 2003. OCLC locates just one copy - BCU Dorigny (Lausanne, Switzerland). 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). Sainte-Pélagie was a debtor's prison in Paris, in active use from 1790 to 1899. The former Parisian prison was located between the current group of buildings bearing No. 56 Rue de la Clef with Rue du Puits-de-l'Ermite in the 5th arrondissement of Paris at the old Place Sainte-Pélagie. The penal structure held many noted prisoners during the French Revolution, with Madame Roland, Grace Dalrymple Elliott and Marie-Louise O'Murphy being among the known prisoners. After the revolution, the Marquis de Sade was imprisoned here, as was the young mathematician Évariste Galois. During the July Monarchy, the "April insurgees" were also detained there, and some managed to escape through a tunnel. The painter Gustave Courbet was also imprisoned there for his activities in the Paris Commune. Bobins V, 1524. .

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Book number: 05952

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Books in French Caricatures French Caricature

ADAM, Victor; VILLEGAS, José

Album Militar

Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos, 1846. The Military Costume of the Spanish Army Thirty-two Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Victor Adam after José Villegas ADAM, Victor, illustrator. VILLEGAS, José. Album Militar. Coleccion de uniformes del ejercito Español pintadas por D.J. Villegas y lithografiados por V. Adam. Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos, 1846. First edition. Folio (12 1/16 x 9 1/4 inches; 307 x 235 mm.). Pictorial lithograph title page and thirty-two superb hand colored lithograph plates by Victor Adam after José Villegas, all on stubs. Printed by Godard and Lemercier. Six of the plates are very slightly toned but not affecting images. The thirty-two plates are bound out of order. Early twentieth century three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands ruled in blind and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. This extremely rare Spanish work on the military costume of the Spanish Army was issued without text, save for a title page. The composition of the subjects is superb, but the chief glory of this work is the exceptional hand-coloring. OCLC locates just one complete copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Brown University (RI, US). The Bibliotheque Nationale de France and the Kunstbilio Staatliche Museen zu Berlin have just 25 of the 32 plates, apparently uncolored. The only copy that we can locate at auction over the past fifty years was at Sotheby's Hodgsons in 1979 (24 of 25 hand-colored plates only). Colas 3016 (25 plates only); Lipperheide 2361 (25 plates only); Not in Bobins. (According to Colas 3017 and Hiler p. 881 there was an undated edition with 34 hand colored plates). Colas 3016 (25 plates only); Lipperheide 2361 (25 plates only); Not in Bobins. .

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Book number: 05698

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: VILLEGAS, José Books in Spanish Caricatures Naval and Military

ADAM, Victor

Collection Des Costumes Militaires, Armée Francaise 1832

Paris: Chez Dero-Becker, 1840. The Military Costumes of France Forty-Two Superb Hand Colored Lithographs by Victor Adam ADAM, Victor. Collection des Costumes Militaires, Armée Francaise 1832, Représentés dans des Sujets de Genre. Lithographie par V. Adam. Paris: Chez Dero-Becker, [ca. 1840]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches; 278 x 362 mm.). Forty-two superb hand colored lithograph plates, all heightened with gum arabic. Bound by the Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribners Sons in three-quarter red morocco over red cloth boards. Spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in second compartment, marbled endpapers. Original pictorial lithograph wrapper on front paste-down. A fine complete copy of Adam's military costumes of France, with superb original hand-coloring. This rare French work on military costume was issued without text, save for a wrapper title, a portion of which appears with this copy mounted to the front pastedown. The composition of the subjects is superb, but the chief glory of the work is its exceptionally beautiful hand-coloring. Colas describes the work, which should contain 42 plates as "Tres rare complet". OCLC & KVK locate just four complete copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Brown University (RI, US); Union Catalogue of Belgian Libraries; Austrian National Library; Universitats- und Landesbibliothek Darm (Germany). The Plates: 1. Garde Nationale. National Guard. 2. Dragons. Dragoons. 3. Marechal de Camp. Camp Marechal. 4. Hussards. Hussars. 5. Lanciers. (Cavalerie de la ligne). Lancers. (Line cavalry). 6. Artillerie de la la Ligne. Artillery of the Line. 7. Carabiniers. Carabineros. 8. Lanciers, 1er régiment. Lancers, 1st regiment. 9. Corps Municipal de la Ville de Paris. Garde á cheval, grande tenue, petite tenue et tenue d’ecurie, Garde á pieds, grande tenue. Municipal body of the City of Paris. Horse guard, full dress, light dress and stable outfit, Foot guard, full dress. 10. Infanterie de Ligne. Grenadier, Voltigeur, Soldat du Centre. Line Infantry. Grenadier, Voltigeur, Soldier of the Center. 11. Infantrie, Officiers. Infantry, officers. 12. Artillerie a Pied. Grande tenue. Foot Artillery. Great outfit. 13. Cuirassiers. Cavalerie de réserve. Cuirassiers. Reserve cavalry. 14. Chasseurs. Hunters. 15. Garde Nationale de Paris. Sapeur. Voltigeur. Chasseur. Musicien et Tambour-Major. Paris National Guard. Sapper. Voltigeur. Hunter. Musician and Drum Major. 16. Gendarmes des Départemens. Grande et petite tenue. Departmental Gendarmes. Big and small outfit. 17. Sapeurs-Pompiers, de la Ville de Paris. Grande et petite tenue. Firefighters, of the City of Paris. Big and small outfit. 18. Train des Equipages. Crew Train. 19. Infanterie Legère. Light Infantry. 20. Marins. Sailors. 21. Dragons, Officiers et Trompette. Dragoons, Officers and Trumpet. 22. Gendarmes a Pied des Départemens. Departmental Foot Police. 23. Officiers de Hussards. Hussar officers. 24. Chirurgiens de l’Armèe. Army surgeons. 25. État Major de la Garde Nationale. General Staff of the National Guard. 26. Sapeurs du Génie, Officiers et Soldat. Grande et petite tenue. Engineers, Officers and Soldiers. Big and small outfit. 27. Infanterie Légére. Light Infantry. 28. Officiers d’Artillerie, Grande et petite tenue. Artillery officers, full and small uniform. 29. Officier Supérieur de Chasseurs, Trompette et Soldat. Senior Officer of Hunters, Trumpet and Soldier. 30. Général de Division. Division general. 31. Carabiniers. Grande et petite tenue. Carabineros. Big and small outfit. 32. Vétérans et Officiers d’Invalides. Veterans and Disabled Officers. 33. Cuirassiers. Cavalerie de Reserve. Cuirassiers. Reserve Cavalry. 34. Ecoles de Cavalerie, St. Cyr et Polytechnique. Cavalry Schools, St. Cyr and Polytechnique. 35. Régiments des Zoabes. (Armées Français d’Affrique 1832). Zoabe regiments. (French Armies of Africa 1832). 36. Lanciers et Chasseurs. (Armées Françaises d’Affrique 1832). Lancers and Hunters. (French Armies of Africa 1832). 37. Artillerie Légère. Light Artillery. 38. Garde Municipale. Officier Garde à cheval, Capitaine Garde à pied, petite tenue. Municipal Guard. Horse Guard Officer, Foot Guard Captain, small uniform. 39. Hussards en Campagne. Hussars in the Campaign. 40. Garde Natle. et Pompier de la Banlieue. National Guard and Suburban Firefighter. 41. Intendant Militaire. Military Intendant. 42. Officiers de Marine. Naval officers. Bobins IV, 1204; Colas, 34; Hiler, p. 6; Not in Lipperheide; Vinet 2259 (36 plates only). .

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Book number: 05603

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Books in French Costume French History Naval and Military

ADAM, Victor

Fetes Des Environs de Paris

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. .

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ADAM, Victor; MOREL-FATIO, Antoine Léon, illustrator; MIDY, Th[omas]

Les Frères D'Armes

Paris: Librairie d'Éducation, A. Courcier, Éditeur, 1860. 'Brothers In Arms' The Italian War of Independence and The Crimean War The Battles of Magenta, Kinburn and Malakoff ADAM, Victor, illustrator [&] MOREL-FATIO, Antoine Léon, illustrator. Les Frères d'Armes. Par Th. Midy. Ullustré de six superbes gravures a deux teints par V. Adam et Morel-Fatio. Paris: Librairie d'Éducation, A. Courcier, Éditeur, [1860]. First edition. Folio (12 x 8 3/4 inches; 305 x 222 mm.). [1-2, half-title, verso blank], [3-4 vignette title, verso blank], [5]-38, [1, table des matières], [1, advertsisements] pp. Six fine hand colored lithograph plates. Plates lithographed by Sarazin. Publisher's color pictorial boards, head and tail of spine chipped, joints slightly cracked, but still a remarkable survival of a very fragile pictorial binding. The text and hand colored plates bright and fresh. Feint early ink inscription (dated 1876) on front free endpaper. The six hand colored lithograph plates include scenes from The Battle of Magenta which was fought in 1959 during the Second Italian War of Independence; the British and French Navy bombarding the Russian coastal fortifications at Kinburn in 1855 after an Anglo-French ground force had besieged them; and the French forces celebrating their attack against the Russian forces and subsequent capture on the Malakoff redoubt on 8 September 1855 as a part of the siege of Sebastopol during the Crimean War. OCLC locates just one copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Kunstbiblio Staatliche zu Berlin (Germany) Jean-Victor Adam (1801-1867) 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. Antoine Léon Morel, later Morel-Fatio (1810–1871) was a French naval painter, Peintre officiel de la Marine, curator of the naval and ethnographic museum of the Louvre, and mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris. He added Fatio in 1844 to distinguish himself from a businessman of the same name. It was apparently in reference to a Swiss branch of the family. The Plates: 1. Bataille de Magenta - The Battle of Magenta 2. Un Marché dans une Petite Ville en Russie - A Market in a small town in Russia 3. Une Noce en Bretagne - A Wedding in Brittany 4. La Flotte Devant Kinburn - The Fleet in front of Kinburn 5. La Flotte Devant Schwaborg - The Fleet in front of Schwaborg 6. Prise de Malakoff - The taking of Malakoff. .

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ADAM, Victor

Panidochème Ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures

Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. A Rare Book on Coaching Twelve Superb Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. [Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures par V. Adam 1830]. Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. First Charles Motte edition (preceded only by the 1828 Gihaut Frères hand colored issue with 36 plates). Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches; 260 x 346 mm.). Twelve superb lithograph plates. The plates are numbered 1 thru 12 and all have the imprint "V. Adam delt." & "Lith de C. Motte." All plates have the small oval blind-stamp of the publisher on the lower blank margins. Plates 11 & 12 have neatly repaired tears on right blank margin, not affecting image. A few plates with light marginal toning and or minimal foxing. Early twentieth century quarter black morocco over marbled boards, smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt. The quality of the lithography is absolutely stunning - a rare book on the most common method of travel in the early nineteenth century. "A retrospective exhibition of engravings and "lithographes d'attelage" was held in 1900, exhibiting ancient coaches, and included many of Adam's lithographs and engravings both in black and white and in colour." (Menassier). Jean-Victor Adam (1801-1867) 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. The Plates: 1. Courses. 2. Landau. 3. Coucous. 4. Tilbury. 5. Caleche a la Daumont. 6. Voiture de Roulier. 7. Coupé et Tilbury à Capote. 8. Voiture pour les Environs de Paris. 9. Dormeuse de Voyage. 10. Caisson de la Garde Royale. 11. Berline. 12. Calèche à Capote. .

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Book number: 05396

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ADAM, Victor

Scènes Militaires

Paris: Delpech, Editeur, 1829. Extraordinarily Rare Suite of Military Scenes Six Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Victor Adam ADAM, Victor. Scènes Militaires par V. Adam. 1829. Paris: Delpech, Editeur, 1829. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches: 210 x 282 mm.). Hand colored lithograph vignette title-page and six superb hand colored plates, lithographed by Dellpech and mounted on stubs. Modern purple cloth over boards, spine with black morocco label lettered horizontally in gilt. Rare: OCLC/KVK locate no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. We have been unable to trace any copies at auction over the past one hundred years. A very rare suite of military scenes. In over fifty-five years of dealing in rare books, I have never seen this title before (DJB). 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. Passage de Troupes 2. Souvenir 3. Chasseurs a Cheval dans un d'Éfilé 4. La Giberne doie etre le miroir du troupier. 5. Voltigeurs en Reconnaissance 6. Conscrit de la Patience. Et de la moële dans les os. Not in Colas, Hiler or Lipperheide. .

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Book number: 05998

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ADAM, Albert

Tribulations Parisiennes Et Campagnardes

Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1840. Parisian and Country Tribulations The Humorous Side of Distress, Trouble, Misery, Anguish, Agony, Grief and Wretchedness- ADAM, Albert, illustrator. Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes. Par Albert Adam. Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, [ca. 1840]. First edition. Folio (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 328 x 251 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page and Thirty-two plates hand-colored lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic, on sixteen sheets. Several of the plates have more than one image depicted. Tiny piece of lower corner of title-page and plate 10 torn away, small piece of lower inner margin of plate 16 torn away - nothing affecting any images. Some light marginal soiling and toning otherwise an excellent copy of this extremely scarce title. Bound to contemporary style in full dark green straight-grain morocco. Covers elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt turn-ins, gold marbled end-papers. This is the first time in over fifty years that I have seen this very amusing title which depicts the humorous side of distress, trouble, misery, anguish, agony, grief and wretchedness- especially plate 12 (the top image) "Arrcheur de Dents sans douleur" (pain-free teeth remover). The Plates: 1. Un Chien emporté / Culbute à la Marche 2. Désagrément du Macdam / Le Pot de fer et le Pot de terre 3. Une Famille d'Allemands / Touché !!! / Deux blaguers / Il l'aura . il l'aura pas! / Le Repas 4. Ces Messieurs s'amusant- / C'est celle-là ! qui est une bête de premier mérite 5. Une branche de salut / Une belle Famille 6. Un accident imprévu / Marchands d'oranges etc 7. Voiture à l'usage des amateurs de culbutes / Le Dejeuner interrompu 8. Arrosement public et gratis / La Ruade 9. Gentlemans au Bois / Visite désagréable 10. Train de plaisir à l'heure / [not titled] 11. Départ du Roulage / Position très désagréable 12. Arrcheur de Dents sans douleur / Le bon père de Famille 13. Concurrence monstre. - Route de Passy / Cheval qui a un défaut marquant 14. Une glissade / [not titled] 15. L'Artiste culbuté / Cheval antropophage 16. Un Mosieur qui n'a pas l'habitude etc / Noouvelle course au Clocher Very scarce: According to OCLC there are just five copies located in libraries and institutions worldwide (Morgan Library, NY; UCLA, CA; Library of Congress, DC; Clark Art Institute, MA, and Harvard Univ. Houghton Library, MA). Albert ADAM (1833-1900) was the son of Caricaturist and lithographer Jean-Victor Adam (1801-1867) whom he often assisted with his commissions. .

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Book number: 04860

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ADAM, Victor

Un an de la Vie D Un Jeune Homme

Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book One Year in the Life of a Young Man Depicted in Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First edition. Folio (13 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches; 345 x264 mm.). Lithograph title-page and seventeen superb hand-colored lithograph plates printed by Langlumé. Some occasional light marginal foxing, plate 10 with two neatly repaired small closed tears to lower blank margin. All plates with the blind stamp of the publisher Sazerac et Duval in lower blank margin. Small circular library stamp of Bernard Franck at foot of title-page and also on front free endpaper. Contemporary quarter dark-green scored calf over green paper boards. Smooth spine ruled in gilt, tan morocco label lettered in gilt, board edges worn. With the bookplate of celebrated collector Bernard Franck on front free endpaper. An excellent example of a very rare suite of hand-colored lithographs by Victor Adam. Victor Adam (1801-1865) is better known for his later works of pictorial journalism or for his many lithographs of military history than for his early works of fashion and society life. "His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time such as Un an dans la vie de jeune homme. This series is a sort of bourgeois rake's progress. A young man from the country comes to Paris to sample its pleasures. He acquires a new wardrobe; buys a horse; is duped by gamblers, makes a conquest of a pretty lady; exclaims, 'Jasmin! she seemed so artless,' as he lies recovering from the resulting malady; is imprisoned for debt; writes at last to 'the old one,' a buxom woman of means; and is accepted by her in the final plate. The series is unusual among the albums of the time in that it tells a consecutive story, and it certainly has more spirit and finish than Adam's usual work" (Ray). A lovely copy of the first book by this gifted painter and illustrator. Very scarce. Bernard Franck (1849-1924) Born in Paris, Franck was a veteran of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, during which he was awarded the Medaille Militaire. He was an industrialist, specializing in the manufacturing of military equipment. His success in business enabled him to become an inveterate collector. He amassed his vast collection over 45 years from 1875 to 1920. The collection consisted of 18th Century and early 19th Century objects – miniature portraits (many emphasizing military subjects), medals and decorations, armory, uniforms, paintings, engravings, a variety of bibelots. Besides the miniature portraits, especially noteworthy was Franck’s collection of Carnets de Bal (dance cards). He sold this collection to J.P. Morgan around 1910. Before doing so, he had the collection reproduced in an album entitled “Collection de 124 carnets de bal du XVIIIe siecle/formee par M.Bernard Franck a Paris de l’annee 1875 au 23 avril 1902”. Only 20 albums were produced, of which one is in the Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum and one in the Morgan Library, autographed by Franck to Morgan. Franck died in 1924. The collection that follows has been held within the family since that time. me. The Plates: 1. J’arrive! (I arrive!) 2. Je ne me reconnais plus. (I do not recognize myself anymore.) 3. C’est superbe! (It is superb!) 4. Elle me regarde! Dieu quel bonheur! (She's looking at me! God what happiness!) 5. C’est une femme honnête. (She is an honest woman.) 6. Je ne pouvais pas aller à pied. (I couldn't walk.) 7. C’est à qui m’aura. (Who's going to get me?) 8. Comment Docteur! (How Doctor!) 9. Jasmin!..elle avait l’air si ingénu!! (Jasmine! .. she looked so ingenuous !!) 10. Quel guignon! (What a mess!) 11. Des mémoires! Fi donc. (Memories! Fi then.) 12. Je le savais. (I knew it.) 13. St. Pelagie-charmant séjour! (St. Pelagie- lovely stay!) 14. Quels inhumains! Me mettre dehors! (What inhumans! Kick me out!) 15. Aux grands maux les grands remédes. (To great ills, great remedies.) 16. La simpiternelle serait ma bisaïeule. (The simpiternal would be my grandmother.) 17. Il faut faire une Fin! Je lépouse. (We must make an End! I marry him.)  . .

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Book number: 05978

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ADAM, Victor

Un an de la Vie D'Un Jeune Homme

Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book With Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 251 mm.). Facsimile cover title. Seventeen superb hand-colored lithograph plates printed by Langlumé. Modern royal blue cloth, front cover with facsimile title pasted on. Short marginal tear, neatly repaired to lower margin of first plate, not affecting image. Plates 2, 8, 15 & 17 with the blind stamp of the publisher Sazerac et Duval in lower blank margin. A very good example. One year in the life of a young man. A true story in seventeen chapters. Written by himself and lithographed by Victor Adam. Victor Adam (1801-1865) is better known for his later works of pictorial journalism or for his many lithographs of military history than for his early works of fashion and society life. "His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time such as Un an dans la vie de jeune homme. This series is a sort of bourgeois rake's progress. A young man from the country comes to Paris to sample its pleasures. He acquires a new wardrobe; buys a horse; is duped by gamblers, makes a conquest of a pretty lady; exclaims, 'Jasmin! she seemed so artless,' as he lies recovering from the resulting malady; is imprisoned for debt; writes at last to 'the old one,' a buxom woman of means; and is accepted by her in the final plate. The series is unusual among the albums of the time in that it tells a consecutive story, and it certainly has more spirit and finish than Adam's usual work" (Ray). A lovely copy of the first book by this gifted painter and illustrator. Very scarce. The Plates: 1. J’arrive! (I arrive!) 2. Je ne me reconnais plus. (I do not recognize myself anymore.) 3. C’est superbe! (It is superb!) 4. Elle me regarde! Dieu quel bonheur! (She's looking at me! God what happiness!) 5. C’est une femme honnête. (She is an honest woman.) 6. Je ne pouvais pas aller à pied. (I couldn't walk.) 7. C’est à qui m’aura. (Who's going to get me?) 8. Comment Docteur! (How Doctor!) 9. Jasmin!..elle avait l’air si ingénu!! (Jasmine! .. she looked so ingenuous !!) 10. Quel guignon! (What a mess!) 11. Des mémoires! Fi donc. (Memories! Fi then.) 12. Je le savais. (I knew it.) 13. St. Pelagie-charmant séjour! (St. Pelagie- lovely stay!) 14. Quels inhumains! Me mettre dehors! (What inhumans! Kick me out!) 15. Aux grands maux les grands remédes. (To great ills, great remedies.) 16. La simpiternelle serait ma bisaïeule. (The simpiternal would be my grandmother.) 17. Il faut faire une Fin! Je lépouse. (We must make an End! I marry him.) Bobins V, 1523; Hiler, p.6; Lipperheide 3561; Ray. Art of the French Illustrated Book, 126. .

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Book number: 05535

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

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