Title-page: LA | CORRECTIONNELLE | PETITES CAUSES CÉLÈBRES | ÉTUDES DE MŒURS POPULAIRES | Au Dix-Neuvième Siècle | ACCOMPAGNÉES DE CENT DESSINS | PAR GAVARNI | {woodcut vignette} | PARIS | Chez Martinon, rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré, 4 | 1840 ||
Collation: 2o, π3 (t.p. (wrapper?), h.t., t.p.), 1-1012; 205 leaves total, of them 100 plates, lithographs by Gavarni.
Pagination: [6] [1] 2-403 [404], 410 pages total, incl. ils. (BnF calls for 426 pages total). Note: plate № 8 is numbered 9, plate № 9 numbered 8; p. 266 numbered 264, p. 268 numbered 266, p. 362 numbered 374, p. 364 numbered 376 (as called for by Carteret).
Binding: “Romantique” publisher's quarter calf with gilt lettering and design elements over red paper boards, marbled endpapers.
Complete 100 issues of the 4-page “La Correctionnelle” with a woodcut vignette after Gavarni on the 1st page of each issue, published between December 1839 and December 1840, and collected under one cover in 1840 by Martinon.
Catalogue raisonné: Carteret (Le trésor, 1927): pp. 177-8; Brivois (1883): p.112. Both authors marked the edition as «rare in good condition".
Gavarni [Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier] (French, 1804 – 1866) – artist.
Amedée Gratiot et Cie. – printer, text.
Coulon et Cie.– printer, lithographs.
Coulon, Barthélémy Henry (French, fl. 1839 – ?)
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Mid-19th century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Media/Technique | Lithography , Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | Caricature , Court of law , Crime , Criminal justice , Criminal procedure , Criminals , France , Humour , Law , Lithography |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1843 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Binding | Hardcover , Quarter calf |
| Size | Folio |
| Catalogue raisonne | Brivois (1883) , L. Carteret. Le trésor... (1927) |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |
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