Accession number
PML 140277.2
Creator
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published
A Paris : Publie par Gihaut frères, [1838-1842?].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published and printed by Gihaut frères.
Published set of lithographs consisting of a frontispiece plate, 50 numbered plates, and a final unnumbered plate, illustrating the life and progress of Charlet's "Corporal Valentin", from his infancy and boyhood in a French village to his life and adventures as a soldier, his loss of a leg in battle, and his subsequent marriage and career as a civilian.
Comprises plates 17-69 of v. 5 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Library's copy lacks the frontispiece plate.
Published set of lithographs consisting of a frontispiece plate, 50 numbered plates, and a final unnumbered plate, illustrating the life and progress of Charlet's "Corporal Valentin", from his infancy and boyhood in a French village to his life and adventures as a soldier, his loss of a leg in battle, and his subsequent marriage and career as a civilian.
Comprises plates 17-69 of v. 5 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Library's copy lacks the frontispiece plate.
Description
[1], 50, [1] leaves of plates : lithographs ; sheets: 345 x 265 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Individual plates signed by Charlet within the image.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Classification
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