MONNIER, Henry. Boutiques de Paris.

Very rare suite of lithographs in first issue dedicated by Henry Monnier to Parisian stores.

« Rare suite » (Bulletin de la Librairie Damascène Morgand, 1512).

The illustration is composed of 6 humoristic lithographs by Delpech after Henri Monnier, enhanced with watercolors at the time: Marchandes de Modes, Un Café, Apothicaire, Marchand d’Estampes, Bouquiniste, Restaurateur.

Henry Monnier (1799-1877) was a French playwright, caricaturist and  actor. Between 1827 and 1832, he produced several albums of lithographs, sketching the morals and physiognomies of his contemporaries, from the grisette to the office worker.

Nice copy of this rare suite of lithographs contemporary colored.