Revue comique a l'usage des gens serieux [17 issues bound in 1 volume, 1848]

Lireux, Auguste (1810-1870) [et al.]

1848, 1st Edition in this form. Paris : Dumineray. Fair to good copy bound in contemporay leather-backed boards. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat worn and rubbed as with. Surface wear to boards as with age. Corners bumped. Scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 257 pages; Description: 17 issues of 'Revue comique a l'usage des gens serieux' bound in 1 volume. 257p. , extensively illustrated ; 28cm. Notes: Authors include Auguste Lireux and Gerard de Nerval. Illustrations include engraved plates and title pages. Designers credited include: Bertall, Fabritzius, Nadard and others. Engravers credited include: Baulant, Louis, Montigneul and others. Subjects: Caricatures and cartoons - France - Periodicals. France - Politics and government - 1848-1852 - Periodicals. France - History - Second Empire, 1852-1870 - Caricatures and cartoons. Language: French. Item #215516

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