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BOUCHOT, FRÉDÉRIC, [ILLUSTRATOR] Les Bonnes Têtes MusicalesRare Suite of Hand-Colored Lithographed Caricatures of Musicians BOUCHOT, Frédéric, [Illustrator]. Les Bonnes Têtes Musicales. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1830]. Folio. (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 337 x 247 mm.). Twenty-two (of thirty) hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum arabic. Loose in cloth clamshell case. Minimal browning, not affecting images; foxing to plate no. 1. Very scarce; only one copy in OCLC, at Harvard (with only 23 plates; no complete copies). Not in Hiler or Lipperheide. Bouchot's delightful suite of caricatures that gently puncture the pretensions and satirize the realities of the music teacher, student, composer, conductor, amateur and professional performer, and the home musicale. "French romantic lithography extended from 1817 to the 1850's. It is perhaps the greatest of all schools in the history of the medium" (Ray, p. 155). Artists like Bouchet, Gavarni, and Daumier were masters of lithography, depicting Paris life, manners, and dress with a vulgar and bawdy twist. Musicians are rare subjects for caricature and this series of hand-colored lithographed plates by Bouchet is seldom offered. A leading French lithographic caricaturist and illustrator, Frederic Bouchot regularly contributed to such publications as Le Charivari, La Caricature, and Journal pour rire. He also collaborated on individually published albums with such artists as Daumier and Morin. He is known primarily for his depictions of musical subjects and domestic scenes. The Plates: 1. Un accord peu parfait 2. Exécution brillante d'une sonate à vingt doigts 3. Syrènes des Champs Elysées 4. Etudes consciencieuses sur de nouveaux instrumens de Mr. Sax 5. L'infortuné professeur de solfège 6. Etude sérieuse de la Marseillaise 7. Après un bal de noces 8. Un rival de Musard 9. Le petit prodige 10. Musique de la Garde Nationale-Section des instrumens honteux 11. Ouverture de Robin des Bois arrangée pour deux flûtes 12. Compositeur de chansonnettes, depuis huit jours à la recherche d'un refrain facile 13. Un homme du bel air, étudiant celui du roi Dagobert 14. Exercices du Matin-Si...ré...si...ré...si...ré!... 15. Musique d'aveugle, goutée seulement par les sourds 16. Une leçon qui se passe en soupirs 17. Une note sensible 18. Une quinte intempestive 19. Un élève qui a la tête dure 20. Du poing et due contre-poing 21. Amateurs à la recherche du la 22. Leçon donnée au milieu du plus religieux silence
Offered for US$ 4500.00 by: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB) - Book number: 01135