Hardcover, 25.2 x 17 cm, quarter burgundy shagreen with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine over turkish marbled boards and endpapers, publisher’s wrappers preserved.

Title-page: JEAN BERLEUX | LA | CARICATURE POLITIQUE | EN FRANCE | PENDANT LA GUERRE, LE SIÈGE DE PARIS | ET LA COMMUNE | (1870–1871) | {vignette} | PARIS | LABITTE, ÉM. PAUL ET C^ie | LIBRAIRES DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE | 4, RUE DE LILLE, 4 | – | 1890 ||

Collation: 4to; π⁸ 1-27⁴ 28², plates within collation; total 118 leaves.

Pagination: [i-ix] x-xvi, [1] 2-217 (printed 317) [3], total 236 pages, profusely illustrated, incl. in-text and full-page b/w ils, all within pagination.

Condition: Good, scattering foxing, pencil marks.

Contributors:

Maurice Quentin-Bauchart [pseud. Jean Berleux] (French, 1857 – 1910) – author.

Georges Chamerot (French, 1845 – 1922) – printer, president of the ‘Chambre syndicale des imprimeurs typographes‘, married to Claudie Viardot (French, 1852 – 1914) in 1874 – printer.

Labitte, Ém. Paul et C^ie (Paris) – publisher, Adolphe Labitte (French, 1832 – 1882); Émile Paul (French, 1847 – ?).

Another copy in poor condition: LIB-1653.2016, and another, a modern reprint: LIB-0814.2015.