LA MÉSANGÈRE (Pierre de).
Le Bon genre.
Paris: Albert Lévy, 1931. - In-folio, 400 : 300 : (6 ff.), 24 pp. 115 plates. Leaves, printed and decorated cardboard folder on front cover, cloth adhesive binding for text of Observations.

Reprint of the collection published in 1827 by Pierre de La Mésangère, printed in 760 copies.

It includes an interesting preface by Léon Moussinac, as well as a paperback booklet containing Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris, to serve as explanations of the 115 caricatures published under the title of Bon genre, since the beginning of the nineteenth century, and 115 plates engraved for this edition by Doistau and colored by Saudé. They include illustrations engraved at the time by Gatine and Schenker after Lanté, Dutailly, Pasquier, Garneray...

Copy number 621, very well preserved despite some soiling and slight discoloration of the dust jacket.
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LA MÉSANGÈRE (Pierre de). Le Bon genre. Paris: Albert Lévy, 1931. - In-folio, 400 : 300 : (6 ff.), 24 pp. 115 plates. Leaves, printed and decorated cardboard folder on front cover, cloth adhesive binding for text of Observations. Reprint of the collection published in 1827 by Pierre de La Mésangère, printed in 760 copies. It includes an interesting preface by Léon Moussinac, as well as a paperback booklet containing Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris, to serve as explanations of the 115 caricatures published under the title of Bon genre, since the beginning of the nineteenth century, and 115 plates engraved for this edition by Doistau and colored by Saudé. They include illustrations engraved at the time by Gatine and Schenker after Lanté, Dutailly, Pasquier, Garneray... Copy number 621, very well preserved despite some soiling and slight discoloration of the dust jacket.

Estimate
€300 - €400
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Not sold
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26%
LA MÉSANGÈRE (Pierre de). Le Bon genre. Paris: Albert Lévy, 1931. - In-folio, 400 : 300 : (6 ff.), 24 pp. 115 plates. Leaves, printed and decorated cardboard folder on front cover, cloth adhesive binding for text of Observations. Reprint of the collection published in 1827 by Pierre de La Mésangère, printed in 760 copies. It includes an interesting preface by Léon Moussinac, as well as a paperback booklet containing Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris, to serve as explanations of the 115 caricatures published under the title of Bon genre, since the beginning of the nineteenth century, and 115 plates engraved for this edition by Doistau and colored by Saudé. They include illustrations engraved at the time by Gatine and Schenker after Lanté, Dutailly, Pasquier, Garneray... Copy number 621, very well preserved despite some soiling and slight discoloration of the dust jacket.
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