GAVARNI. Masks and Faces: A word from Thomas... - Lot 45 - Ader

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GAVARNI. Masks and Faces: A word from Thomas... - Lot 45 - Ader
GAVARNI. Masks and Faces: A word from Thomas Vireloque. - The Sharers. - Old Loreto's. - The Invalids of Sentiment. Paris: Calmann Lévy, Librairie nouvelle, [circa 1888]. - 4 albums in 12 volumes in-folio, 388 x 280. Paperbacks. Rare set of 4 albums of 120 lithographs by Gavarni, published by Calmann Lévy in 1888. It is advertised in this year's Bibliographie de la France. Each album is divided into volumes of 10 lithographs, with an illustrated cover including the title of the series hand-marked in a cartouche. The proofs are all on vellum paper. Includes :- Thomas Vireloque's words (20 lithographs). - Les Partageuses (40 lithographs). - Les Lorettes vieillillies ( 30 lithographs). - Les Invalides du sentiment (30 lithographs). All these series are part of the Masks and Faces that Gavarni began to publish from the 1850's . Some dirt on the covers and tears on the back and edges of some covers. The lithographs are in a perfect state of freshness.
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