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Street artists in Paris
Les grotesques. Fragments de la vie nomade, recueillis par un archéologue, petit fils de Turlupin.
Paris, Chez l?éditeur (printed by P. Badouin), 1838. 12mo (161 x 105 mm). [IV], 176 pages.
With 10 wood engraved plates.
Contemporary cartonnage in green embossed paper, spine with simple gold tooling.
Edition originale. The title is written in a very curious anthropomorphic alphabet.
BnF suggests as possible author Gautier. The plates depict street scenes of: Polchinelle, Diseur de bonne aventure, Paillasse, Menagerie, Jongleurs, Chanteurs et Musiciens, Optique, l?Escamoteur, Charlatans and Savoyards.
-Provenance: ?donné le 2 mai 1838, par Helion à son ami Emile Renard le pour de sa fête? on upper paste down.
-Condition: Corners and joints rubbed; Some stains.
With 10 wood engraved plates.
Contemporary cartonnage in green embossed paper, spine with simple gold tooling.
Edition originale. The title is written in a very curious anthropomorphic alphabet.
BnF suggests as possible author Gautier. The plates depict street scenes of: Polchinelle, Diseur de bonne aventure, Paillasse, Menagerie, Jongleurs, Chanteurs et Musiciens, Optique, l?Escamoteur, Charlatans and Savoyards.
-Provenance: ?donné le 2 mai 1838, par Helion à son ami Emile Renard le pour de sa fête? on upper paste down.
-Condition: Corners and joints rubbed; Some stains.