Gavarni, Paul. - Lot 150

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Gavarni, Paul. - Lot 150
Gavarni, Paul. Selected works of Gavarni. Revised, corrected and newly classified by the author - Studies of contemporary manners. Ill. by Gavarni. Paris, J. Hetzel. 1846 - 1848. Four large volumes in-8 stapled. Covers of the publisher with on the first plate, the artist, Gavarni, represented of back while drawing. First edition of this important work, gathering a frontispiece by Lorentz and 320 plates of Gavarni engraved on wood by various artists, "presenting an original work drawn again by the artist after his lithographs; the whole gives a good idea of Gavarni's talent and of the customs of his time" (Carteret). The selected works are organized in four series, of which the first one gives Les Enfants terribles, Traductions en langue vulgaire, Les Lorettes and Les Actrices; the second one, Fourberies de femmes en matière de sentiment, Clichy and Paris le soir; the third one, Le Carnaval à Paris, Paris le matin and Les Étudiants de Paris; the fourth one, finally, La Vie de jeune homme and Les Débardeurs. Each suite is preceded by a notice by Théophile Gautier, Laurent-Jan, Lireux, Léon Gozlan, A. Barthet, A. de Soubiran, P.-J. Stahl. Extremely rare paperback set complete with the four volumes! Slight defects of use. Engravings free of freckles.
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