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Hardcover, 22.2 x 14.6 cm, quarter black cloth, pictorial boards, lettering to spine; pp.: [2] 3-253 [3], collated 8vo: 1-168, total 128 leaves plus portrait frontispiece. Title-page: Дж. Д. СЭЛИНДЖЕР | ПОВЕСТИ | НАД ПРОПАСТЬЮ | ВО РЖИ | ВЫШЕ СТРОПИЛА, | ПЛОТНИКИ | РАССКАЗЫ | ХОРОШО ЛОВИТСЯ | РЫБКА-БАНАНКА | ЧЕЛОВЕК, КОТОРЫЙ | СМЕЯЛСЯ | ГОЛУБОЙ ПЕРИОД | ДЕ ДОМЬЕ-СМИТА | ЛАПА-РАСТЯПА | ПЕРЕВОД С АНГЛИЙСКОГО | И ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ | Р. РАЙТ-КОВАЛЕВОЙ | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО ЦК ВЛКСМ | «МОЛОДАЯ ГВАРДИЯ», 1965 || T.p. verso: […] J. D. Salinger | The Catcher in the Rye | Raise high the Roof Beam, Carpenters | A Perfect Day for Bananafish | The Laughing Man | De Daumier — Smith’s Blue Period | Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut | Художник Б. Жутовский | (В оформлении использован фрагмент картины | американского художника Э. Уайеса) || Print run: 115,000 copies. Contributors: [Джером Дэвид Сэлинджер] Jerome David Salinger (American, 1919 – 2010) Райт-Ковалёва, Рита [Черномордик, Раиса Яковлевна] (Russian, 1898 – 1988) Жутовский, Борис Иосифович (Russian, 1932 – 2023) «Э. Уайес» – [Эндрю Уайет] Andrew Wyeth (American, 1917 – 2009) -
Hardcover, 20.8 x 13.2 cm; publisher's original green cloth with black and gilt lettering to front and spine; pictorial endpapers. Gift ms inscription from Irina Komarova to Yury and Elvina Varshavsky to front free endpaper's verso: "Прослышав, что теперь для Юры / Нет ничего милей гравюры, / Литературу я отныне / Дарю из принципа Эльвине! / И. / Февраль 86". Pp.: [2] 3-477 [3], collation 16mo: 1-1516 (total 240 leaves) plus portrait frontispiece. Title-page: Джон Фаулз | ПОДРУГА | ФРАНЦУЗСКОГО | ЛЕЙТЕНАНТА | РОМАН | Перевод с английского | М. Беккер и И. Комаровой | под редакцией Н. Рахмановой | {vignette} | {publisher’s device} | ЛЕНИНГРАД | «ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА» | ЛЕНИНГРАДСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ• 1985 || T.p. verso: […] | JOHN FOWLES | THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN | Вступительная статья А. ДОЛИНИНА | Примечания М. БЕККЕР | Оформление художников | Н. ВАСИЛЬЕВА и Э. КАПЕЛЮША | […] || Contributors: Беккер, Мэри Иосифовна (Russian, 1920 – 2010) Комарова, Ирина Бенедиктовна (Russian, b. 1933) Рахманова, Наталия Леонидовна (Russian, b. 1930) -
Hardcover volume, 20.2 x 14.5 cm, aubergine cloth, gilt lettering and publisher’s device to spine, aubergine top edge, aubergine dust jacket with gilt lettering and black fleuron to front, gilt lettering and black fleuron and publisher’s device to spine, and a captioned photographic portrait to back, blurb text to flaps, price ”35s net | in U.K. only” unclipped; pictorial endpapers. Pp.: [1-8] 9-445 [446] [2], collation: A-O16, total 224 leaves. Title-page (in oval frame): JOHN FOWLES | THE | FRENCH | LIEUTENANT'S | WOMAN | — | Every emancipation is a restoration of the human | world and of human relationships to man himself. | MARX, Zur Judenfrage (1844) | JONATHAN CAPE | THIRTY BEDFORD SQUARE | LONDON || Contributors: John Fowles (British, 1926 – 2005) – author. Herbert Jonathan Cape (British, 1879 – 1960) – publisher. Ebenezer Baylis & Son, Ltd. (f. 1858) – printer. The Trinity Press – printer. -
Cardboard box 32 x 23.7 cm with lettering and vignette to front, lettering to spine, and Loomis facsimile and Titan publisher's barcode label to back.- Title-page: Drawing | THE HEAD AND HANDS | BY | ANDREW LOOMIS | {vignette} ||
- Title-page: FIGURE DRAWING | FOR ALL IT'S WORTH | ANDREW LOOMIS ||
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Hardcover volume, 31 x 23.5 cm, peach cloth, with peach lettering to the green label on front board, green lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket, price unclipped ($4.95); text to flaps; pp.: [1-6] 7-154 [155 plate] [5 blanks], ils. (photomechanical reproductions); magazine clipping laid in. Title-page: Drawing | THE HEAD AND HANDS | BY | ANDREW LOOMIS | {vignette} | NEW YORK • THE VIKING PRESS || Imprint: COPYRIGHT © 1956 BY ANDREW LOOMIS | FIRST PUBLISHED BY THE VIKING PRESS IN JANUARY 1956 | PUBLISHED ON THE SAME DAY IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA | BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED | SECOND PRINTING 1958 | {two paragraphs of copyright statement} | LITHOGRAPHED IN U.S.A, BY W. S. KONECKY ASSOCIATES || Edition: 1st edition, 2nd printing. Andrew Loomis (American, 1892 – 1959) -
Hardcover volume, 17 x 12.5 cm, bound in lilac cardboard, lettering to covers and spine, vignette by Boris Rybchenkov to front board; pp.: [1-4] 5-188 [4]. Pencil ms to h.t. "Самалюк | Рай Кунцевское | Зав. роно" (Самалюк, зав. кунцевским районным отделом народного образования)ю Title-page: И. Г. МАЛЕЕВ | ГОРОЖАНЕ | МОСКОВСКОЕ | ТОВАРИЩЕСТВО | ПИСАТЕЛЕЙ || Print run: 5,200 copies. Contributors: Малеев, Игорь Александрович (Russian, 1904 – 1936?) – author. [Igor Maleyev] Рыбченков, Борис Федорович (Russian, 1899 – 1994) – artist. [Boris Rybchenkov] -
Hardcover volume, 25.3 x 19.3 cm, green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine, pictorial dust jacket, pp.: [1 blank] [i-viii] ix-xxiii [xxiv blank] [2] 3-297 [298 blank] [8 blanks], 26 plates, unpaginated. MS inscription in black ink to ffl “David Tatham 1969”. Title-page: The World of | HOGARTH | Lichtenberg's Commentaries | on Hogarth's Engravings | TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN | AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY | INNES AND GUSTAV HERDAN | HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON | The Riverside Press Cambridge | 1966 || Illustrations: A Harlot's Progress; Marriage-à-la-Mode; Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn; A Midnight Modern Conversation or The Bacchanalians; A Rake's Progress; The Four Times of the Day: Morning, Noon, Evening, Night. Edition: First printing w; Printed in the United States of America. Provenance (possibly): David Tatham (American, 1932 – 2023) Contributors: George Christoph Lichtenberg (German, 1743 – 1799) Innes Herdan (British, 1911 – ?) Gustav Herdan (German, 1897 – 1968) William Hogarth (British, 1697 – 1764) -
Hardcover volume, 38.3 x 26 x 3.8 cm, pictorial boards, lettering to front cover and spine, pp.: [1-6] 7-421 [3], ils. Title-page: Cesare Leonardi Franca Stagi | THE ARCHITECTURE | OF TREES | Introduction to the new edition | ANDREA CAVANI, GIULIO ORSINI | Translated from the Italian by | NATALIE DANFORD | Princeton Architectural Press | New York || Cesare Leonardi (Italian, 1935 – 2021) Franca Stagi (Italian, 1937 – 2008) Natalie Danford (American, b. 1968) -
Two hardcover volumes, 17 x 11.5 cm, collated in-8vo, uniformly bound in dark grey mottled calf bordered with gilt fillet, flat spine with gilt lettering in compartments outlined in gilt; top edge gilt, text and plates printed on dense wove paper (Japanpapier). Privately printed by Gustav Röttig & Sohn (Ödenburg) in 800 copies, of which this is copy № 16, signed by von Bayros in 1st vol. Each volume is illustrated with four heliogravures (title-page and three plates) after drawings by Franz von Bayros. According to the seller, this is one of only 35 copies of the deluxe edition on Japanpapier, a fact which was mentioned by the bibliographers but not in the imprint. Bookplate to front pastedown in each volume, lettering to bottom “Ex libris Dr. phil. Rudolf Ludwig”, 120 x 100 mm, heliogravure after von Bayros. Pp.: vol. 1 [4] 1-198 plus engraved t.p. and 3 plates. Vol. 2: 1-204 [2] plus engraved t.p. and 3 plates. Title-page: DIE MEMOIREN | DER | FANNY HILL | VON | JOHN CLELAND | ESTER (ZWEITER) BAND | PAPHOS IM JAHR DER | CYTHERE | MDCCCCVI || Author of the text: John Cleland (British, c. 1709 – 1789). Translator: Franz Blei [Dr. Erich Feldhammer] (Austrian, 1871 – 1942). Illustrator: Franz von Bayros (Austrian, 1866 – 1924). Provenance: Dr. Phil. Rudolf Ludwig. Catalogue raisonné: The amorous drawings of the Marquis von Bayros. — New York: Cythera Press, 1968. The Beautiful Maiden of Pao, pp. 31-38. Seller's Description: Erster [und] Zweiter Band. Paphos [Wien, C. W. Stern], im Jahr der Cythere 1906. Mit sechs Tafeln und zwei illustrierten Titeln nach Franz von Bayros, alle zweifarbig. Grau marmorierte Originalkalblederbände mit Rücken-, Deckelkanten- und Kopfschnittvergoldung. Privatdruck. – Eins von 35 Exemplaren der Luxusausgabe auf Japanpapier, im Druckvermerk von Band I von Bayros signiert. – Die Übersetzung stammt von Franz Blei, der hier unter dem Pseudonym Dr. Erich Feldhammer genannt wird. Als Textvorlage diente die Ausgabe London 1749. – Gedruckt wurde bei Gustav Röttig & Sohn in Ödenburg. – Sehr seltene Vorzugsausgabe, die zwar bei den Bibliographen, nicht aber im Druckvermerk genannt wurde. – Fast tadellos. – »Dieses Werk ist eines der berühmtesten in der erotischen Literatur« (Stern-Szana). Nach Hinweis bei Brettschneider wurde die Auflage beschlagnahmt. – Exlibris Dr. phil. Rudolf Ludwig, Wien (Heliogravüre nach Zeichnung von Franz von Bayros, Brettschneider 156) in beiden Bänden. 17 : 11,5 cm. [4], 198, [2], [4], 204, [2] Seiten. Zusammen 8 Tafeln. Brettschneider 38. – Hayn/Gotendorf I, 618. – Stern-Szana 243 und ausführlich S. 222ff -
Hand-coloured chromolithography on wove paper, 600 x 470 mm; black ink stamp “4921” to reverse, horizontal and vertical centrefolds. Image of Napoléon III on horseback, in a frame; lettering under the frame: 34 — Déposé | NAPOLÉON III | EMPEREUR DES FRANÇAIS. | Lith. de Gangel frères et P. Didion, à Metz. || Gangel frères et P. Didion (Metz) – printer/publisher. Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879) -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 610 x 390 mm; black ink stamp “5207” to reverse, attached to a larger sheet of thick paper with a red ink stamp: “COLLECTION JEAN-CLAUD LACHNITT | REPRODUCTION INTERDIT”. Top: Baptême de S. A. le PRINCE IMPÉRIAL. 14 Juin 1856; image of baptism of Prince-Impérial; two-column text with a small loss in the lower left corner (C'est à cinq heures du soir que le cortège impérial quitta le Palais des Tuileries. De nombreux escadrons de cavalerie, musique en tête ouvraient la marche. ...); bottom under the text: "Fabrique d'Images de GANGEL, à Metz." — "49". -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 472 x 365 mm; black ink stamp “5275” to reverse. Top centre: "LE PRINCE IMPÉRIAL"; right: "№143." Image in the middle: Prince Impérial, with his father, conducts a review of the children's army "REVUE DES PUPILLES DE LA GARDE". Besides – five tiers of captioned cartoons. Bottom left: "Imp. lith. de Pellerin à Épinal"; right: Propriété de l’Éditeur. Déposé." Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 487 x 365 mm; black ink stamp “5056” to reverse. Top left: imperial coat of arms; centre: "FAMILLE IMPERIALE. GRANDS DIGNITAIRES DE L'EMPIRE, MAISON DE L'EMPEREUR."; right: "№144." Image of the imperial family under imperial eagle and standards; besides – four tiers of captioned cartoons. Bottom left: "Imprimerie Lith. de Pellerin, à Épinal"; right: "Propriété de l’Éditeur. — Déposé." Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 460 x 363 mm; black ink stamp “5054” to reverse. Four tiers with groups of people dressed in uniform, captioned: Bedeau — Suisse — Chanoines — Évêque — Porte croix — Évêque — Cardinal — Cardinal | Généraux français — Le prince Napoléon — L’Empereur et l’Impératrice — Marraine — Le Prince — Parrain | Meur l’Archevêque | Porte crosse Diacre servant | Préfet — Sénateur — Conseiller de cour — Président — Dames de la cour — Gral Piémontais — Chef arabe | Aide-de-camp de l’Empereur — Chambellan de l’Empereur — Ministre d’état — Ambassadeur de Turque | Ambassadeur d’Angleterre — Ambassadeur d’Autriche — Ambassadeur de Russie — Ambassadeur de Prusse — Gral anglaise — Lord anglais || Bottom left: Imprimerie Lith. de Pellerin, à Épinal; right: Propriété de l’Éditeur. — Déposé. Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher. -
Lithography poster on wove paper, 492 x 614 mm; black ink stamp “5036” to reverse, vertical centerfold. Image in frame; under the frame left: "J. B. Gadola, éditeur. Cours de Brosses 1, à LYON."; right: "Lith LAURANT & Cie r. de Bernardins 34, Paris." Title and text below the image. Jean-Baptiste Gadola (French, 1818 – 1870) – publisher. -
Hand-coloured woodcut poster on wove paper, 622 x 417 mm; black ink stamp “4859” to reverse, horizontal centrefold. In a double frame, top: LOUIS-NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE, | REPRÉSENTANT DU PEUPLE, | Président de la République française. Text under the image ; bottom left: (Déposé.— Propriété de l’Éditeur.); right: Fabrique de PELLERIN, Imprimeur-Libraire, à ÉPINAL. Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 366 x 460 mm; black ink stamp “5057” to reverse. Caption cartoon in 2 tiers. Top: OUVERTURE DE 'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1855. CORTÈGE IMPÉRIAL. Captions top to bottom: Garde de Paris. — Les Cent Gardes. — Cuirassier. — Grenadiers. Middle: Voiture de sa Majesté Napoléon III. | Bottom: Grenadier. — Musique des Guides. — Piqueur de l’Empereur. — Gral Anglais — Généraux — Colonel de Cuirassiers | de la Garde — Généraux. Below left: Imprimerie Lith. de Pellerin, à Épinal; right: Propriété de l’Éditeur. Déposé. Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 460 x 356 mm; black ink stamp “5055” to reverse. Top centre: "NAPOLÉON III ET LA GARDE IMPÉRIALE"; right: "№ 86". Napoléon III ahorseback in middle, beside (top to bottom): Escadron des cent Gardes — Cuirassiers 1er et 2me regiment; Gendarmes à cheval. — Lancier., Dragon de l’Impératrice.; Guide., Chasseur à cheval. — Artillerie à cheval, Train des équipages.; Gendarme. Génie. Voltigeur. Grenadier. Sapeur. Sapeur. Chasseur. Artillerie. Zouave. Tambour. Bottom left: Imprimerie Lith. de Pellerin à Épinal; right: Propriété de l’Éditeur. Déposé. Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher. -
Lithography and etching on wove paper432 x 362 mm, black ink stamp “5022” to reverse, horizontal and vertical centrefolds. Depicts Diogenes (Ancient Greek, 412/404 – 323 BC) beside his barrel and extinguishing his torch when approached by Napoléon III ahorseback. Top: "1857 | HONNEUR ET PATRIE"; lettering on ribbons (top-down): SCIENCES, TRAVAIL, COMMERCE, ARTS, CHARPENTIERS, IMPRIMEURS, "MECHANICIENS, AGRICULTEURS, MAÇONS, FONDEURS, TERRASIERS, CIZELEURS, CARRIERS, ORFEVRES, BIJOUTIERS, CHAPELIERS, MENUISIERS, VERRIERS, SERRURIERS, TAILLEURS, SELLIERS, POTIERS, PORCELAINIERS, CORDONNIERS, TISSERANDS, INDUSTRIE, COMMERCE | CALENDRIER DE L'ABEILLE | EMPIRE, FRANÇAIS. Below left: "lith. Barousse Cour du Comm. 11 et 12. Paris"; right: "Dépôt rue des Cannettes, 20. Paris"; bottom: "Et, pour trouver un homme, il quitte son tonneau, | Voyant Napoléon, – il éteint son flambeau!" [And, to find a man, he leaves his barrel, | Seeing Napoleon, – he extinguishes his torch!]. Six months on the left and six months on the right-hand side of the calendar, surrounding the image. -
Chromolithography on thick wove paper, 473 x 315 mm sheet, 372 x 260 mm image, black ink stamp “5050” to reverse. Signed on stone "Jules Gaildrau"; below centre: "GÉNERAL DE DIVISION, GRANDE TENUE DE SERVICE"; Bottom left: "Paris, J. Gaildrau, rue de Seine, 16"; right: "Imp. Lemercier, Paris." Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 – 1887) – printer. Jules Gaildrau (French, 1816 – 1898) – artist. -
Hand-coloured lithography on wove paper, 380 x 298 mm; black ink stamp “4912” to reverse. On stone left: "A, Paris Miné Éditeur, imp.;" right: "Lith. R. St. Jacques. 41." Bottom center: "Napoléon III"; below: "EMPEREUR DES FRANÇAIS", under: "Élu les 21 el 22 novembre par 8,000,000 de voix et proclamé Empereur le 2 Xbre 1852." Printer/publisher: Miné, éditeur, imprimeur en lithographie, Rue Saint-Jacques, 41. Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873) -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 327 x 280 mm; black ink stamp “5265” to reverse, attached to the sheet 470 x 325 mm. Top centre: "S. A. LE PRINCE IMPÉRIAL.", right: "63." Image: equestiral portrait of Prince Impérial. Under the image, centre: "Fabrique d'Images de GANGEL et P. DIDION, à Metz." — "Déposé." Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879). Gangel et P. Didion (Metz); Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879) – publisher/printer. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 288 x 426 mm; black ink stamp “5305” to reverse. Top centre: "FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE", right: "67." Under the image: "Le Prince Murat." — "Le Prince Impérial." — "L' Empereur et l'Impératrice." — "Le Prince Napoléon." Bottom: "Fabrique d'Estampes de Gangel et P. Didion, à Metz." — "Déposé." Bottom: ms in pencil "1861 – 1868". Publisher/printer: Gangel et P. Didion (Metz); Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879). Characters: Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873) Eugénie de Montijo [L'impératrice Eugénie] (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920) Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) Prince Murat [Lucien Charles Joseph Napoléon] (French, 1803 – 1878) Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte [Prince Napoléon] (French, 1822 – 1891) -
Another copy of SVFC-0745-3.2023, 395 x 290 mm; black ink stamp “5322” to reverse. Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 400 x 280 mm; black ink stamp “5321” to reverse. Top: "LES LOISIRS DU PRINCE IMPERIAL AU PALAIS DE SAINT- CLOUD" — "65". Below: nine cartoons with captions.- Les essais d'un magnifique canon modèle par le Prince et ses amis.
- Promenade dans le parc.
- Partie de ballon sur la pelouse.
- Simulacre de combat. — Le Prince commande ses jeunes amis.
- le Prince impérial reçoit la visite de l'Empereur de Russie.
- Chasse à courre dans le parc.
- Quelques heures à la faisanderie.
- Visite de LL. MM. au jeune Prince.
- La revue des Pupilles de la Garde.
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Hand-coloured lithography on wove paper, 250 x 332 mm; black ink stamp “5035” to reverse. Under the frame left: "Paris, chez Riboni, éd. r. Galande, 51"; right: "Paris, lith. Bulla, Pl. Maubert, 26". Below: "BOMBARDEMENT DE SEBASTOPOL. — THE BOMBARDMENT OF SÉBASTOPOLE". Text to bottom. Printers/publishers: Antoine Bulla (fl. 1815 – 1877), François Bulla (fl. c. 1814 – 1855). -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 265 x 378 mm; black ink stamp “5051 1” to reverse. Top left: "ARMÉE FRANCAISE. ARTILLERIE"; right: (gothic font) "Französische Armee Artillerie" — "№ 107". Below left: "Fabrique d’Images de Fr. Wentzel à Wissembeurg. Bas-Rhin." — "Déposé" —, centre: "Bilderfabrit von Fr. Wentzel in Weissenburg", right: "Fr. Wentzel, Éditeur, rue St. Jacques, 65, Paris". Bottom: "Trompette | Trompeter" — "Capitaine | Gauptmann" — "Porte-Étendard | Fahnenträger" — "Artilleur | Artillerist" — "Cantinière | Marketenderin". Jean Frédéric Wentzel (French, 1807 – 1869) – publisher/printer. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 400 x 270 mm; black ink stamp “5306” to reverse. Top centre: "FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE", right: "62."; below centre: "Fabrique d'Images de GANGEL et P. DIDION, à Metz."; right: "Déposé." Publisher/printer: Gangel et P. Didion (Metz); Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879). Characters: Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873) Eugénie de Montijo [L'impératrice Eugénie] (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920) Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) Napoléon II [Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte] (French, 1811 – 1832) Napoléon Ier [Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1769 – 1821) -
Hand-coloured woodcut on laid paper, 422 x 294 mm; black ink stamp “5307” to reverse, centrefold. Top center: "LA FAMILLE IMPERIALE"; Bottom right: "(Tire sur le bois original de maison Pellerin)". Image: Napoléon III, Empress Eugenie, and Prince Imperial Louis-Napoléon as a child surrounded with four lettered medallions: “PRINCE GÉROME”, “PRINCESSE MATHILDE”, “PRINCESSE CLOTILDE”, and “PRINCE NAPOLÉON”; ribbons lettered: “MAGENTA”, SOLFERINO”, “ALMA”, and “INKERMANN” around heraldic spears; coat of arms with imperial monogram between Princesse Clotilde and Prince Napoléon. Publisher/printer: Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836). Battle of Magenta : 4 June 1859, against the Austrians. Battle of Solferino : 24 June 1859, against the Austrians. Battle of the Alma : 20 September 1854 (Crimean War) Battle of Inkerman : 5 November 1854 (Crimean War) Characters: Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873) Eugénie de Montijo [L'impératrice Eugénie] (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920) Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte [Prince Jérôme] (French, 1822 – 1891) Mathilde Bonaparte [Princess Mathilde] (French, 1820 – 1904) Marie-Clotilde de Savoie [Princesse Clotilde] (French, 1843 – 1911) -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 282 x 392 mm; black ink stamp “5051 2” to reverse. Top: "Armée française. Garde–mobile. Artillerie." — (gothic font) "Französische Armee. Mobil–Garde. Artillerie." — "№103". Below left: "Lith F. C. Wentzel édit. à Wissembourg. (Alsacé); center: Déposé; right: Druck u. Verlag v. F. C. Wentzel in Weissemburg. (Elsass)."; Bottom: "Trompette" — "Capitaine" — "Porte-Drapeau". — "Soldat" — "Cantinière." Jean Frédéric Wentzel (French, 1807 – 1869) – publisher/printer. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 440 x 285 mm; black ink stamp “5049” to reverse. Top left: "AMIRAL"; right: "349". Below: "Imagerie de DIDION, à Metz, DELHALT Successeur." — "Déposé." Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879) – publisher/printer. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 430 x 285 mm; black ink stamp “5051” to reverse. Top right: "GÉNÉRAL | de division." — "359." Bottom: "Imagerie de DIDION, à Metz. Déposé." Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879) – publisher/printer. -
Hand-coloured lithography on wove paper, 395 x 280 mm; black ink stamp “5309” to reverse. On image: artist's initials "L. H."; on stone: "Lith. de Fr. Wentzel a Wissembourg. — Déposé — DÉPÔT, Fr. Wentzel Editeur rue St. Jacques 65, PARIS"; below centre: "239"; bottom : La famille Impériale. Die Kaizerliche Familie. Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873) Eugénie de Montijo [L'impératrice Eugénie] (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920) Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) Jean Frédéric Wentzel (French, 1807 – 1869) – publisher/printer. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 390 x 260 mm; black ink stamp “5308” to reverse; horizontal centerfold. Centre top: "NOUVELLE IMAGERIE D'ÉPINAL BREVETÉE PAR S.M.L’EMPEREUR" with imperial eagle and coat of arms at right and left. Below: "№ 1." — "LA FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE"; image in frame; under the image, left: "Imp lith. Pinot & Sagaire, édit. libr. à Épinal, fournisseurs brevetés de l’Empereur"; right: "Déposé". Bottom: "NAPOLÉON I. (CHARLES-LOUIS,) Empereur des Français, né le 20 Avril, 1808. | EUGÉNIE ( Marie) DE GUSMAN COMTESSE DE TEBA Impératrice des Français, née le 5 Mai 1826. | S.A I. NAPOLÉON. (Eugène-Louis-Jean-Joseph) Prince Impérial, ne le 16 Mars. 1856." Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873) Eugénie de Montijo [L'impératrice Eugénie] (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920) Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) Pinot & Sagaire (Épinal, 1861 – 1888) – enterprise, publisher/printer. Charles-François Pinot (French, 1817 – 1879) – publisher/printer. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 409 x 280 mm; black ink stamp “5323” to reverse; attached to the sheet 487 x 320 mm. Top centre: "LE CAMP DE CHALONS."; left: "Nouvelle Imagerre d'Epinal"; right: № 452. Bottom left: "Imp lith. Pinot & Sagaire, libraires edit. à Épinal"; right: "Déposé". Image: 6-tier cartoon with captions about Napoleon III and his son Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte; 16 March 1856 – 1 June 1879). Le camp de Chalons Pinot & Sagaire (Épinal, 1861 – 1888) – enterprise, publisher/printer. Charles-François Pinot (French, 1817 – 1879) – publisher/printer. -
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 268 x 381 mm, vertical centerfold. On reverse: black ink stamp “5324”. Top centre: "PRISE DE SAARBRUCK"; left: "PELLERIN & Cie, imp. -édit."; right: "IMAGERIE D'EPINAL, № 134." Under the frame text starts with « La cri de guerre a retenti. La France a été forcée de tirer l’épée pour arrêter… ».[...] Prise de Saarbruck. | Depuis quelques jours, l’armée française occupait la frontière française en face de la Prusse.... Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – publisher/printer. The Battle of Saarbrücken (2 August 1870).
