DORÉ, Gustave. Les Différents Publics de Paris, Paris: Au Bu - Lot 296

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DORÉ, Gustave. Les Différents Publics de Paris, Paris: Au Bu - Lot 296
DORÉ, Gustave. Les Différents Publics de Paris, Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant, S. d. [1854]. 1 volume in-4 oblong (32,5 x 25 cm), lithographed title and 20 original full-page lithographs. Publisher's burgundy percale, gilt title, smooth mute spine. One corner worn, light scattered foxing. A good copy in the publisher's hardback, which is rare. Superb example of Gustave Doré's vigorous talent as a caricaturist, in 1854, at the age of only 22. "These twenty lithographs are studies of massed humanity, ranging from the audiences at the great Parisian theatres to the crowds at a wrestling match or a Punch and Judy show. Without exception they are striking in conception and fertile in detail." (Ray). List of boards: 1. Italian opera. 2. French Comedy. 3. Opera (the lion's den). 4. Jardin des plantes. 5. Odeon. 6. Folies nouvelles. 7. Seraphin. 8. Funambulists. 9. Robert Houdin's Fantastic Evenings. 10. The Guignol Theatre. 11. Circus and Racecourse. 12. Wrestlers. 13. The subscribers to the canon of the Royal Palace. 14. The library (working room). 15. Bowlers. 16. Amphitheatre of the medical school. 17. Comparative anatomy course at the Jardin des plantes. 18. The Backstage at the Stock Exchange. 19. Justice of the peace of the 12th district. 20. Journals. Ray, French 241; Leblanc, p. 90 (Doré "draws us in with the abundant gameness of his verve, and [...] with a very fair, very witty and at the same time measured observation"); Beraldi Vl, 30; Rahir, 404.
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