CANCANS - Lot 18

CANCANS 1831-1834 : No. 6 ("More Cancans"), No. 7 ("Cancans on Cancans"), No. 8 ("French Cancans"), No. 9 ("Legitimate Cancans"), No. 10 ("Official Cancans"), No. 11 ("Patriotic Cancans"), No. 12 ("Inexorable Cancans"), No. 13 ("Epidemic Cancans"), n° 14 ("Cancans imperturbables", in duplicate), n° 15 ("Cancans parlementaires"), n° 16 ("Cancans correctionnels"), n° 17 ("Cancans en prison", dedicated to freedom of the press), n° 18 ("Cancans à Sainte-Pélagie"), n° 20 ("Cancans parisiens"), n° 22 ("Cancans indomptables"), n° 23 ("Cancans indestructibles"), n° 24 ("Cancans incorrigibles"), n° 25 ("Cancans reconnaissans"), n° 26 ("Suite des Cancans reconnaissans"), n° 27 ("Cancans fulminans"), n° 28 ("Cancans sérieux"), n° 29 ("Cancans flétrissans"), n° 30 ("Cancans décisifs"), n° 31 ("Cancans persécutés"), n° 33 ("Cancans persévérans"), n° 34 ("Cancans fidèles"), n° 35 ("Cancans saisis"), n° 36 ("Cancans véridiques"), n° [37] ("Cancans indignés"), n° 38 ("Cancans sauvés"). Paris, Se vendue chez Martin, Auteur-Éditeur : Bérard. 30 numbers in 30 issues in 1 vol. in-8 paperback. The collection is complete in 68 issues. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (2 ff.). OTHER COLLECTION DES CANCANS : no. 1 ("Les Cancans politiques"), no. 5 ("Cancans indignés"), no. 6 ("Cancans cancaniers"), no. 8 ("Cancans orgueilleux"), no. 9 ("Cancans fidèles"), no. 19 ("Cancans militaires"), no. 20 ("Cancans parisiens"), another no. 20 (same title but different text), no. 21 ("Cancans en cour d'assises"), n° 22 to n° 31 (same issues as in previous volume), n° 32 ("Cancans inflexibles"), n° 33 to n° 36 (same issues as in previous volume), n° 38 [37] ("Cancans indignés"), other n° 38 [37] (same text but different typography), n° 38 (same issue as in previous volume), n° 39 to n° 52 + 4 unnumbered issues. Paris, Author: Bérard, Publisher: Gérard. 45 issues in 1 vol. in-8 bound. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (6 ff.). Joint: - La Foudre cancanière (no. 105) and La Foudre sénatoriale (no. 107) by Chevalier Descrivieux. Hatin reports: "Les Cancans ou le Passe-Temps du jour" by Bérard, 1831-1834, 68 issues. The author of these Cancans, a malle-poste courier, having lost his position during the 1830 revolution, harbored a strong resentment against Louis-Philippe. He was prosecuted for publishing 18 of his pamphlets, which were seized and destroyed, and served almost 12 years in prison. He published other pamphlets under various titles such as L'Espérance, Le Pélerin, Mes perruques, Facéties du jour, etc.