Gustave DORÉ
La ménagerie parisienne
Au bureau du journal pour rire|Paris s. d. [1854]|34.50 x 26.50 cm|broché sous étui
La Ménagerie parisienne
Copy with the publisher's green cover. Very skilled colour restoration on a small section of the cover's first board. Some folding on the cover, otherwise a beautiful copy as published.
Our copy is presented in a slipcase recovered in paste paper with a title label in black morocco.
Provenance: R. & B. L. library with its ex-libris on the recto of the firs
Au bureau du journal pour rire | Paris [1854] | 34.5 x 26.5 cm | original wrappers with custom slipcase
Very rare first edition and first issue of this album comprising a title sheet and 24 lithographs in black and white, the first print, engraved by Vayron and all captioned.Copy with the publisher's green cover. Very skilled colour restoration on a small section of the cover's first board. Some folding on the cover, otherwise a beautiful copy as published.
Our copy is presented in a slipcase recovered in paste paper with a title label in black morocco.
Provenance: R. & B. L. library with its ex-libris on the recto of the firs
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