
Description
Le Rire : 8 volumes
1894-1902
bound printed paper
each: 9.5 h x 12.5 w x 1.75 d in (24 x 32 x 4 cm)
Le Rire was a famous satirical weekly featuring cartoons and illustrations by many of the most famous artists of the day, including Toulouse-Lautrec, Cappiello, Hermann-Paul, Jossot, Leandre, Forain, Willette, Vallotton, Metivet, Roedel, Faivre, Steinlen and Roubille.This nearly complete eight-volume collection includes years 1894-1902. Lot includes all 18 drawings, mostly in color Lautrec contributed. Specific page inquires available upon request.
Literature: PAI-LXXV, 508
This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
1894-1902
bound printed paper
each: 9.5 h x 12.5 w x 1.75 d in (24 x 32 x 4 cm)
Le Rire was a famous satirical weekly featuring cartoons and illustrations by many of the most famous artists of the day, including Toulouse-Lautrec, Cappiello, Hermann-Paul, Jossot, Leandre, Forain, Willette, Vallotton, Metivet, Roedel, Faivre, Steinlen and Roubille.This nearly complete eight-volume collection includes years 1894-1902. Lot includes all 18 drawings, mostly in color Lautrec contributed. Specific page inquires available upon request.
Literature: PAI-LXXV, 508
This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Condition
Works are toned and show wear throughout, commensurate with age and use. Sheets have minor tears, points of discoloration, creases and minute losses to the extreme edges. Some volumes with pinpoints of foxing, mostly to pages near the beginning or end of the binding. Each book cover with wear including rubbed losses, flaking and varying levels of cracking along the endpage seams. Some covers have separated from signatures, however, most signatures remain stitched together with only a few having detached but are retained within their respective binding. Volume one with minor moisture staining to the lower right corner of some pages and the cover of issue no 15 has a notable loss to the upper right corner.
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Le Rire : 8 volumes
Estimate $7,000-$9,000
Starting Price
$5,500
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