Les Francais Peints par Eux-Memes, Published Paris: Furne et Cie, 1853. Two volumes in one. Drawings of Gavarni, Daumier, Granville, Tony Johannot, etc. Texts from: Balzac, Alphonse Karr, Jules Janin, Borel Petrus, Théophile Gautier, Elzéar Blaze, Charles Nodier, Rodolphe D'Ornano, etc. 400pp ea vol. Half leather on marbled boards, gilt title on spine, raised bands. marbled end papers. From the estate of George Longstreet. 4.5lb Acquired from the estate of George Longstreet, a renown collector of fine original illustrations and prints, and whose collection has appeared in dozens of museums and exhibits over the last four decades. In 1976, Armand Hammer acquired 5000 Daumier objects that George Longstreet began to amass in Paris more than 50 years ago. The Daumier collection is now part of the permanent collection in the Armand Hammer Wing of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. phb1366 Approx.
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Very good condition, some shelf wear, rubbed extremities, bookplate on pastedown, GL's embossed stamp on flyleaf. Some Foxing. Flyleaf separating from hinge.