Lot n° 391
Estimation :
300 - 400
EUR
MONNIER (Henry). - Lot 391
MONNIER (Henry).
Popular scenes, drawn with a pen by Henry Monnier. Decorated with a portrait of M. Prudhomme and a facsimile of his signature.
Paris : Levavasseur, Urbain Canel, 1830. - In-8, 207 x 121 : xiv pp, (1 f.), 208 pp, 6 plates. Bradel half calf with corners, gilt fillets, spine with false nerves decorated with gilt and cold patterns, marbled edges (E. Carayon).
First edition illustrated with a woodcut portrait of Joseph Prudhomme on the title, his signature in facsimile opposite, and 6 lithographs by Monnier out of text.
It contains the following six small scenes: Le Roman chez la portière. - The Court of Assizes. - The Execution. - The bourgeois dinner. - The Little Girl. - The Great Lady.
A very fine copy in Carayon binding, including the colour lithographs.
Spine very slightly faded.
Attached, by the same author :
- Popular scenes drawn with a pen. Second Edition, increased by two scenes and two vignettes. Paris : Levavasseur, Urbain Canel, 1831. - In-8, 222 x 138 : xiv pp, (1 f.), 279 pp, 6 plates, illustrated cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated, cover and spine preserved (V. Champs).
Second edition given by Levavasseur and Canel, partly original, but the third of the work which also appeared in Brussels in 1830 in the in-18 format.
it contains the following eight small scenes, the last two appearing here for the first time : Le Roman chez la portière. - The Court of Assizes. - The Execution. - The Bourgeois Dinner. - The Little Girl. - The Great Lady. - The Victim of the Corridor, a comedy in one act. - A historical account of the Revolution, the Empire and the Restoration.
The edition is illustrated with two woodcut vignettes, on the title and on the verso of the false title, as well as 6 black lithographs out of text, the same as in the original edition.
Copy complete with the cover illustrated with a portrait of the character of Joseph Prudhomme surmounted by the reproduction of his signature, and enriched with a letter from the author on the title, addressed to his friend Gabriel.
White marks on the boards. Scattered foxing, mainly on the cover.
Provenance: Ex-libris J.A.D.
- Scènes populaires dessinées à la plume. Paris : E. Dentu, 1864. - In-8, 208 x 135 : (2 ff.), 637 pp., (1 f.). Red half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed (David).
New edition illustrated with numerous woodcut vignettes in the text after the author's compositions.
It includes the following 13 small scenes: Le Roman chez la portière. - The Court of Assizes. - The execution. - The bourgeois dinner. - The Little Girl. - The Great Lady. - The Victim in the Corridor. - A Stagecoach Trip. - La Garde-Malade. - Scenes from bureaucratic life: office interiors. - The First Day of the Year. - The Removal. - Les Girouettes.
Good copy bound by David.
Some foxing.
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