Author: MONNIER, Henri; DEVÈRIA, Achille; BÉRANGER, Pierre-Jean de; RAPARLIER, Paul-Romain, binder
Title: Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles Et inédites
Description: Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Forty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites, avec des vignettes de Devéria et des dessins coloriées d'Henri Monnier. Suivies des Procès Intentés a l'Auteur. Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. First edition. Two octavo volumes (8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 220 x 143 mm.). [iv], iv, [1]-439, 1, blank]; [iv], [1]-438 pp. Forty superb hand colored lithograph plates by Henri Monnier and numerous charming black & white vignettes by Achille Devèria. Handsomely bound ca. 1890 by Paul-Romain Raparlier (stamp signed in black on verso of front endpapers) in three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. A very fine copy of this extremely rare Monnier title complete with all forty hand colored plates. KVK locates no complete copies; OCLC locates just one complete copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallee-Bu (France). Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) was a prolific French poet and chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime, but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music". The Chansons were composed with fastidious care and are most notable for their clarity, wit and incisiveness, however the socialist and revolutionary content of his songs resulted in several brushes with the authorities, resulting in his nine month incarceration in La Force Prison. RAPARLIER, Paul-Romain (1858-1900), binder. Master French Art Nouveux bookbinder Paul-Romain Raparlier "was the most enthusiastic innovator and the boldest French binder of the Nouveau period. He execrted many commissions from the London bookseller Henry Sotheran. The plates: 1. Le Roi d'Yvetot 2. La Bacchante 3. Le Sénateur 4. La Gaudriole 5. Roger Bontemps 6. Ma Grand'Mère 7. Ma Mère Aveugle 8. Le Petit Homme Gris 9. La Bonne Fille 10. L'Éducation des Demoiselles 11. Madame Grégoire 12. Les Gueux 13. Le Vieux Célibataire 14. Le Commencement du Voyage 15. Requête des Chiens de Qualité 16. Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons! 17. Le Nouveau Diogène 18. Le Maitre d'École 19. La Chatte 20. Bon Vin et Fillette 21. L'Habit de Cour 22. Ce n'est plus Lisette 23. L'Hiver 24. la Bonne Vieille 25. La Vivandière 26. L'Exilé 27. La Bouquetière et le Croque-Mort 28. Le Bon Vieillard 29. L'Aveugle de Bagnolet 30. Les Cartes ou L'Horoscope 31. La Marquise de Pretintaille 32. Le Tailleur et la Fée 33. Le Violon Brisé 34. Les Hirondelles 35. La Fuite de l'Amour 36. Le Vieux Sergent 37. Le Voyageur 38. Le Grenier 39. Les Deux Grenadiers 40. Les Souvenirs du Peuple Champfleury, Monnier p.364; Escoffier, The Romantic Movement N°675; Marie, 653-692; Vicaire I-402. .
Keywords: DEVÈRIA, Achille BÉRANGER, Pierre-Jean de RAPARLIER, Paul-Romain, binder Books in French Caricatures Songs French Caricature
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Title: Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles Et inédites
Description: Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Forty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites, avec des vignettes de Devéria et des dessins coloriées d'Henri Monnier. Suivies des Procès Intentés a l'Auteur. Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. First edition. Two octavo volumes (8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 220 x 143 mm.). [iv], iv, [1]-439, 1, blank]; [iv], [1]-438 pp. Forty superb hand colored lithograph plates by Henri Monnier and numerous charming black & white vignettes by Achille Devèria. Handsomely bound ca. 1890 by Paul-Romain Raparlier (stamp signed in black on verso of front endpapers) in three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. A very fine copy of this extremely rare Monnier title complete with all forty hand colored plates. KVK locates no complete copies; OCLC locates just one complete copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Paris-Est Marne-La-Vallee-Bu (France). Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) was a prolific French poet and chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime, but faded into obscurity in the decades following his death. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music". The Chansons were composed with fastidious care and are most notable for their clarity, wit and incisiveness, however the socialist and revolutionary content of his songs resulted in several brushes with the authorities, resulting in his nine month incarceration in La Force Prison. RAPARLIER, Paul-Romain (1858-1900), binder. Master French Art Nouveux bookbinder Paul-Romain Raparlier "was the most enthusiastic innovator and the boldest French binder of the Nouveau period. He execrted many commissions from the London bookseller Henry Sotheran. The plates: 1. Le Roi d'Yvetot 2. La Bacchante 3. Le Sénateur 4. La Gaudriole 5. Roger Bontemps 6. Ma Grand'Mère 7. Ma Mère Aveugle 8. Le Petit Homme Gris 9. La Bonne Fille 10. L'Éducation des Demoiselles 11. Madame Grégoire 12. Les Gueux 13. Le Vieux Célibataire 14. Le Commencement du Voyage 15. Requête des Chiens de Qualité 16. Vieux Habits! Vieux Galons! 17. Le Nouveau Diogène 18. Le Maitre d'École 19. La Chatte 20. Bon Vin et Fillette 21. L'Habit de Cour 22. Ce n'est plus Lisette 23. L'Hiver 24. la Bonne Vieille 25. La Vivandière 26. L'Exilé 27. La Bouquetière et le Croque-Mort 28. Le Bon Vieillard 29. L'Aveugle de Bagnolet 30. Les Cartes ou L'Horoscope 31. La Marquise de Pretintaille 32. Le Tailleur et la Fée 33. Le Violon Brisé 34. Les Hirondelles 35. La Fuite de l'Amour 36. Le Vieux Sergent 37. Le Voyageur 38. Le Grenier 39. Les Deux Grenadiers 40. Les Souvenirs du Peuple Champfleury, Monnier p.364; Escoffier, The Romantic Movement N°675; Marie, 653-692; Vicaire I-402. .
Keywords: DEVÈRIA, Achille BÉRANGER, Pierre-Jean de RAPARLIER, Paul-Romain, binder Books in French Caricatures Songs French Caricature
Price: US$ 6500.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 04846
- Book number: 04846
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