Popular imagery
François Georgin (1801-1863). The sinner's mirror. 1825. Wood engraving ("à Épinal, chez Pellerin, Imprimeur-Libraire et Fabricant de Cartes à jouer"). 335 x 550. Fine proof on thin laid paper, colored with stencil, from the reprint for L'Ymagier (1894). Accident formerly restored in left margin. Median horizontal fold. Scattered light foxing. Small russet halo and oblique crease in lower margin. Full margins. Joint: 6 vignettes of danse macabre. Etching. Each 100 x 110. Proofs with text on verso. Median oblique fold to one. Ens. 7 p. (in two mounts).
Live Wednesday 20 September 2023・14:30 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 12

Popular imagery François Georgin (1801-1863). The sinner's mirror. 1825. Wood engraving ("à Épinal, chez Pellerin, Imprimeur-Libraire et Fabricant de Cartes à jouer"). 335 x 550. Fine proof on thin laid paper, colored with stencil, from the reprint for L'Ymagier (1894). Accident formerly restored in left margin. Median horizontal fold. Scattered light foxing. Small russet halo and oblique crease in lower margin. Full margins. Joint: 6 vignettes of danse macabre. Etching. Each 100 x 110. Proofs with text on verso. Median oblique fold to one. Ens. 7 p. (in two mounts).

Estimate
€180 - €200
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
28%
Popular imagery François Georgin (1801-1863). The sinner's mirror. 1825. Wood engraving ("à Épinal, chez Pellerin, Imprimeur-Libraire et Fabricant de Cartes à jouer"). 335 x 550. Fine proof on thin laid paper, colored with stencil, from the reprint for L'Ymagier (1894). Accident formerly restored in left margin. Median horizontal fold. Scattered light foxing. Small russet halo and oblique crease in lower margin. Full margins. Joint: 6 vignettes of danse macabre. Etching. Each 100 x 110. Proofs with text on verso. Median oblique fold to one. Ens. 7 p. (in two mounts).
Sale Wednesday 20 September 2023・14:30 (Europe/Paris)
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