Grandville. Karr, Alphonse. - Lot 140

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Grandville. Karr, Alphonse. - Lot 140
Grandville. Karr, Alphonse. Wasps. Lot of 35 volumes for the Wasps whose cover is illustrated by Grandville. Paris, Martinon. In-16 bound. Issues of November and December 1839; January to December 1840 (96pp. on average without November and two copies for September); January to October 1841 (96pp. on average with July/August and September in duplicate); January 1846 (94pp.); February 1846 (92pp.); April to August 1846 (92pp.; 95pp.; 96pp.; 96pp.); October 1846 (94pp.). Good condition. Defects of use. Spine missing on one of the September 1840 issues. Each issue has the cover illustrated by Grandville. Lot of 8 volumes for the Nouvelles Guêpes from number I to number VIII (1853 to 1855). Paris, Blanchard, former Hetzel house. In-16 paperback. Les Guêpes (he takes the title of Aristophanes) is a satirical magazine published from 1839 to 1849 of which Karr is the only editor and where he vituperates against most of the celebrities of his time. Attached, by the same author : _ Judgement of Solomon, two same volumes of November 1840. Paris, rue Neuve-Vivienne. 96 pages. Spines missing. _ Pour ne pas être treize, 1841. Paris, at the office, rue du Faubourg Montmartre. 118 pages.
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