Revue et gazette musicale de Paris.

Letterpress title page and 52 leaves of lithographic plates by Gavarni.
Series title on individual plates at upper left: Revue et gazette musicale; plates numbered 1 through 52 at upper right.
At foot of each plate: "Imprimé par Thierry frères"; directly below image: "par Gavarni".
Prints originally published in the periodical Revue et gazette musicale de Paris, 1844-1845.
Published series combining 2 distinct suites of plates, separately numbered, with titles "Musiciens comiques ou pittoresques" (28 plates) and "Physionomies de chanteurs" (17 plates); along with 8 "out of series" plates. Plates comprising the two suites have the suite titles, and, in many instances, the suite plate number, at the head of the image, although they do not appear in their original order within the numbered series of 52 prints
"Paris. -- Imprimerie de Bourgogne et Martinet, 30, rue Jacob."--T.p. verso.