MONNIER, Henry. Boutiques de Paris.

Price : 6.500,00 

Very rare suite of colored lithographs dedicated by Henry Monnier to the Parisian stores.
Nice copy of this rare suite of lithographs contemporary colored.

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Paris, Delpech, [ca 1828].

Oblong 4to [249 x 303 mm]. Series of 6 lithographs contemporary colored, the first two plates a little yellowed. Green buckram bradel, eggplant morocco title on the first plate.

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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.

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Auteur

MONNIER, Henry.

Éditeur

Paris, Delpech, [ca 1828].