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Subject | 19th century, Art history, Caricature, Catalogue raisonné, France, Franco-Prussian War, History, Paris, Paris Commune, 1871, Siege of Paris (1870–71) |
Author/Editor | Quentin-Bauchart, Maurice [Berleux, Jean] (French, 1857 – 1910) |
Publisher | Labitte, Adolphe (French, 1832 – 1882), Labitte, Ém. Paul et Cie (Paris), Paul, Émile (French, (1847 – ?) |
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Jean Berleux [i.e. Maurice Quentin-Bauchart]. La caricature politique en France pendant la guerre, le siège de Paris et la Commune (1870-1871). — Paris: Labitte, Ém. Paul et Cie, 1890.
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 Cie | 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 Cie (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.