Meeting of 3 romantic illustrations. - Lot 301

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Meeting of 3 romantic illustrations. - Lot 301
Meeting of 3 romantic illustrations. 1/ Gavarni. - Le Diable à Paris - Paris et les Parisiens - Mœurs et coutumes, caractères et portraits des habitants de Paris... Paris, Hetzel, 1845-1846. 2 volumes large in-8, half brown morocco of the time with small corners, fine gilt roulettes on the boards, spines decorated smooth slightly rubbed, small hole at the upper cap of volume 1, tiny worm hole at the upper bit of volume 2, scattered freckles, upper hinge of the first volume worn. The first volume contains the two parts of text, the second contains all the plates - [2 ff.], XXXIII pp. (History of Paris by Théophile Lavallée), 380 pp. ; [2 ff.], LXXX (Geography of Paris by Théophile Lavallée), 364 pp. ; frontispiece to the first volume, 210 (out of 211) out-of-text engravings (196 by Gavarni and 4 by Bertall), numerous in-text vignettes by Champin, Bertrand, d'Aubigny, French... First edition of the engravings. One of the most famous romantic illustrated books. Gavarni was surrounded, for the texts by the most famous writers of the time of which Balzac, Eugène Sue, George Sand, P.-J.Stahl, Alphonse Karr, Nerval, Gozlan, Gautier, Musset... 2/ Nus, Eugène and Meray, Antony. The Empire of Vegetables. Memoirs of Cucurbitus I. Collected and arranged by... Drawings by Amédée Varin. Paris, de Gonet, s.d. [1851]. Large in-8, burgundy half-maroquin, spine decorated with cold boxes and a gilt bear at the foot, spine faded - [2 ff.], 310 pp, title-frontispiece and 23 color engravings out of text (out of 24), small freckles. Inspired by the anthopomorphic animal illustrations of Grandville with whom he had collaborated, Varin entrusts to plants the task of representing the ridiculousness of the time. Carrots, radishes, cabbages and turnips are found in the fine part, in the gallery of the room, play the cushions or make a scene of household. One of the masterpieces of 19th century illustration. 3/ Johannot, Tony, Musset, Alfred de and Stahl, P.-J. - Voyage où il vous plaira. Paris, Hetzel, 1843. Large in-8, contemporary black half-chagrin, gilt fillet on covers, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, corners rubbed, scattered foxing - [2 ff.], 170 pp.-(1)f., 61 illustrations (out of 63, plates 84 bis and 113 are missing) out of text drawn by Tony Johannot, woodcuts by Brugnot, Andrew, Best and Leloir, Piaud, Quichon, etc., and numerous woodcut vignettes in text. First edition and first printing. One of the jewels of the romantic illustration, of a wild originality and fantasy
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