JOURNAL DE GUIGNOL - Lot 81

JOURNAL DE GUIGNOL Drollish, satirical, amphigouric; stuntman, whippersnapper and gossip-monger; dazzling, frolicking and hilarious; not very literary, but above all an honest canard. Within reach of all intelligences and open to all feathered triques. Appearing when he sees fit, when he can, and whenever the need arises. Guignol reserves the right to move forward once he has secured his backside. No. 1, Sunday April 30, 1865-No. 83, Sunday December 2, 1866. Lyon, Printer-Manager: Labaume, Manager: E. Thomain. Texts signed by pseudonyms (Caque-Nano, Claque-Posse, Cogne-Mou, Gnafron, Guignol, Madelon, Pique-Bise, etc.). Complete collection. 83 issues in 1 vol. in-folio bound. Joint: - 1 L.D.S. from the Bibliothèque de la ville de Lyon (March 15, 1966) concerning the Journal de Guignol and another Lyonnais revue, the Gazette du Merle jaune. The NL states: "Banned Nov. 20, 1866 by the Imperial Court of Lyon, ceased publication; reappeared Sept. 28, 1872; banned from sale on the public highway Feb. 19, 1873 (Archives nationales: série F18 495 G). - Year numbering taken over in 1891 by : Journal de Guignol: satirical, cingleur... "