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Le monde amusant / par A. Grévin.

Accession number
PML 141327-32
Creator
Grévin, Alfred, 1827-1892.
Published
Paris : Bureaux du Journal amusant, du Petit journal pour rire, [1880?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Hand colored photomechanical relief (gillotage) illustrations by Ferdinand Lefman and Charles Gillot after Grévin.
Each volume includes a title page and 27 plates with protective guard sheets.
Series of caricatures by Grévin for publication in the Journal amusant and the Petit journal pour rire.
"Typographie de E. Plon & Cie."
Bookseller's label reads: "Adolphe Legoupy. Marchand d'estampes 5 Boul. de la Madeleine Paris."
Library has vols. 1-6 only.
Description
8 v. : all hand col. ill. (photomechanical) ; 34 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Gilt-stamped red cloth.
Classification
Department