illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1972,U.168.1-20
Description: 'Les Français peints par eux-mêmes; encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle. Province.' (Paris, L. Curmer) 1841, tome I of III; containing 18 tipped-in hand-coloured wood-engravings/lithographs showing figure in typical dress for each section after Gavarni, Monnier, Charlet, Pauquet and Férogio among others, and another 124 vignettes within the text including headpieces and decorative initial letters. Together with tipped-in frontispiece showing figures on the deck of a ship with a man preaching to the right, 'Les français / province / tome premier' inscribed on the sail, publisher's device on title-page, dedication, and illustration list at the end. Bound in green boards, deckled edges. Wood-engraving and lithograph, hand-coloured
Producer name: Published by: L Curmer; Print made by: Louis Henri Brévière (publisher's device); Print made by: Eugène Guillaumot; After: Paul Gavarni; Print made by: de Ghouy; After: Nicolas Toussaint Charlet; Print made by: Émile Montigneul; After: Hippolyte Louis Emile Pauquet; Print made by: Lucjan Stypulkowski; Print made by: Jacques Adrien Lavieille; After: Tony Johannot; Print made by: Odiardi; Print made by: Alphonse Gérard; After: Henry Monnier; Print made by: Adolphe Best; After: François Fortuné Antoine Férogio; Print made by: John Orrin Smith; Print made by: J Birouste; Print made by: Pervillé; Print made by: H Bréval; Print made by: Guilbaut; Print made by: Aglae Laisné; Print made by: Pierre Verdeil; After: Raymond Pelez; After: Eugène Isabey; Print made by: Charles Tamisier; Print made by: Henri Désiré Porret (?)
School/style
Production date: 1841
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: wood-engraving; hand-coloured; lithograph; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 267 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page); Width: 183 millimetres
Curator's comments: See 1972,U.169.1-7 for tome II and 1972,U.170.1-7 for tome III. Text by various authors including Balzac, Victor Gaillard, Augustin Chevalier, Henri Rolland, Emile de la Bedollierre, la Landelle and Amedee Achard. Missing 31 of the tipped-in images described at the list of illustrations. Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
Location: Not on display
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Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: France
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1889
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1972,U.168.1-20

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