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French Caricature & Illustration A fine group of 6 albums (including 1 duplicate) of French caricatures by Daumier, Grandville, Vernier, Plattel, Madou, et al., ca. 1832-1841, as follows: Huart, Louis. Muséum Parisien Histoire Physiologique, Pittoresque, Philosophique et Grotesque de toutes les Bêtes Curieuses de Paris et de la Banlieu Pour faire suite à toutes les éditions des Oeuvres de M. De Buffon. Paris: [Lacrambe for] Beauger et Cie, 1841. 8vo, half-title, wood engraved text illustrations by Grandville, Gavarni, Daumier, Traviès, Lécurieur, & Henri Monnier; a very occasional tiny marginal spot, contemporary blue quarter morocco and pebbled cloth, blindstamped covers with interlaced strapwork, spine gilt; some light wear at extremities. Ray, French, p. 300 — Daumier, Honoré. Les Cent et Un Robert-Macaire composés et dessinés par H. Daumier, sur les Idées et les Légendes de M. Ch. Philipon ... Paris: [Lacrampe for] chez Aubert et Cie, 1840. 2 volumes, large 8vo, half-title, 101 lithographic colored plates by Daumier, reduced version of his famous suite [Caricaturana] which appeared 1836-1838; light browning and marginal soiling, some spotting in preliminary leaves, publisher's black pebbled cloth with gilt-stamped frame of leafy tendrils, spines and edges gilt; extremities rubbed. See Ray, French 162. — Another copy, plates uncolored; upper outer corner of text leaf for plate 6 mended without loss, modern red half morocco with original green pictorial wrappers bound in — Vernier, Charles. La Crinolinomanie. [Paris: Martinet, n.d.]. Oblong folio, 40 lithographed colored plates by Destouches after Vernier; some marginal spotting and soiling, original yellow quarter cloth and pictorial boards; edges and corners torn. — Plattel, Henri. Macédoine. [Paris:] Aubert, chez Bauger, n.d. Oblong folio, 32 hand-colored lithographs heightened with gum arabic; light marginal soiling and spotting, contemporary three-quarter maroon cloth, gilt-stamped green morocco title label on upper cover; extremities worn — Madou, Jean-Baptiste. Étrennes pour 1833. Douze Sujets. Brussels: chez Dewasme, Paris: chez Motte, Amsterdam: chez Buffa, [1832]. Oblong folio, 12 hand-colored lithographed plates by C. Motte after Madou; some marginal soiling and stains, original printed self-wrappers bound in; upper outer corner of front wrapper mended.