22 hand colored lithographs by Pigal from a total of 66 plates by Pigal, Pajon, and J. Arago comprising the suite of lithographs published in: Proverbes et bons-mots mis en action d'après les moeurs populaires (Paris : Noël et Dauty, 1823), issued with 66 p. of accompanying explanatory text by J. Arago.
22 of a series of 66 plates, including numbers: 1, 11, 14, 17, 31, 31 (another plate duplicating the same number), 36, 40, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 54 (another plate duplicating the same number), 55, 56, 58, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66.
Individual plates lettered "Noël, rue St. Jacques N. 16, Noël et Dauty éditeurs Gie. de Nemours, Palais Royal" and "Lith. de Langlumé".
A group of 22 plates by Pigal illustrating popular French proverbs and sayings of the day.