Best, Adolphe (French, 1808–1860) Best, Leloir, Hotelin et Régnier (French, wood engraver, fl. 19th century) Hotelin, Laurent (French, fl. 1836–1884) Leloir, Isidore (French, 1806–1851) Régnier, Eugène Laurent Isidore (French, ? - ?) Stypulkowski, Lucjan (Polish, 1806 – 1849)
4to volume, ‘cartonnage percaline romantique’, 27.5 x 19.5 cm, green cloth with gilt fillet border and fictional coat of arms to front, border and fleuron to back, gilt and embossed vignette to spine, yellow endpapers, all edges gilt, 32 plates, incl. frontispiece, with tissue guards, and numerous in-text woodcuts after J.-J. Grandville by various engravers, mostly by Best, Leloir, Hotelin et Régnier group. Page 102 is numbered correctly.
Title-page: JÉROME | PATUROT | A LA RECHERCHE | D'UNE POSITION SOCIALE | PAR | LOUIS REYBAUD, | Auteur des Études sur les Reformateurs ou Socialistes modernes. | — | Édition illustrée par J.-J. Grandville. | {vignette} | PARIS, | J.-J. DUBOCHET, LE CHEVALIER ET Cie, ÉDITEURS, | RUE DE RICHELIEU, 60. | – | 1846 ||
Collation: π4 1-574 582; total 234 leaves plus 32 wood-engraved plates extraneous to collation.
Pagination: [8] [1] 2-460; total 468 pages, ils.
Catalogue raisonné: L. Carteret 516; Ray 197 (pp. 277-8); Brivois: 350-1.
Contributors:
Louis Reybaud [Jérôme Paturot] (French, 1799 – 1879) – author.
J.-J. Grandville [Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard] (French, 1803 – 1847) – artist.
Schneider et Legrand (Paris) – printer.
J.-J. Dubochet, Le Chevalier et Cie – publsiher.
Engravers:
Lucjan Stypulkowski (Polish, 1806 – 1849)
Best, Leloir, Hotelin et Régnier
Jean Baptiste Best (French, 1808 – 1879) or Adolphe Best (French, 1808 – 1860)
Isidore Leloir (French, 1806 – 1851)
Laurent Éloi Hotelin (French, 1821 – 1894)
Eugène Laurent Isidore Régnier (?)
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Mid-19th century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Caricature , Humour , Illustrated books , Satire , Social satire |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wood engraving , Woodcut , Wove paper |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1846 |
| Binding | Cartonnage romantique , Cloth , Hardcover |
| Size | 4to |
| Catalogue raisonne | Brivois (1883) , L. Carteret. Le trésor... (1927) , Ray, French Illustrated Book |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
