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SAILLET, Alexandre de.
Galerie de l'Enfance, scenes historiques et morales.
A charming and rare book by Saillet - one of the most influencial children's authors of the 19th-century.
- Published
- Limoges: Barbou Freres, c. 1845.
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Limoges: Barbou Freres, c. 1845.
- Ref
- 281
One of the rarest books by Saillet and perhaps the most influential children's author in 19th century France. ILLUSTRATED WITH 12 DELICATELY HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS. 4to. Beautifully bound in contemporary quarter morocco and cloth, spine elaborately gilt in five compartments; lettered in gilt to the second. Light wear to extremities of binding; all edges gilt; corners bumped. Light scattered foxing internally plates bright and fresh. Not in Gumuchian, who devotes a whole section to Saillet. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Pietro Berretini. 2. Jugement de L'Areopage. 3. 1st visite du first consul Bonaparte a Fontainbleau. 4. Les Bourgeois de Calais. 5. Les Deaux Tambours du Bataillon de la Drome. 6. Les Princes Artisans. 7. Le Dernier Naire. 8. Le Petit Ver. 9. Le Petit Exploiteur et sa Dupe. 10. Une Petite Precieuse. 11. Doannet et Jean Ango. 12. La Charite.
