SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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[FRANCE]
Les Caquets de l'Accouchée. [The Gossip of the new Mother]

According to Antoine Le Roux de Lincy, this book, which details various aspects of Parisian life and specifically quotes the personalities of the time covering topics such as politics and religion can be "now classified as historical works, faithful echoes of prejudices and opinions of a period".

Published
Paris: Jouaust, 1888.
Plates
9
Binding/Size
S=8vo
Value
0-5000
Published
Paris: Jouaust, 1888.
Ref
1354

1 vol. in-8. XXXpp, [1]f, 226pp, [1]f. Full red morocco. Raised bands in blind to spine, lettered in gilt to spine, all edges gilt. Attractive endpapers. Beautifully bound by THIERRY-SIMIER]. Limited edition of 215. (This work #172) This work is one of the 170 examples on Holland paper. It's the only one with nine hand-coloured plates - signed by Henry Nadare and bound in the book, further illustrated with 14 uncoloured etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, at the beginning and end of each chapter. 1 vol. in-8. XXXpp, [1]f, 226pp, [1]f. Plein maroquin rouge janséniste, dos à nerfs, titre doré, date dorée en pied, double filet doré sur les coupes, filets dorés avec fleurons d'angle sur les contreplats, tranches dorées sur témoin, couvertures et dos conservés. [YSEUX, Suc de THIERRY-SIMIER]. Tirage limité à 215 exemplaires, celui-ci un des 170 exemplaires sur papier de hollande. Préface de Louis Ulbach. Exemplaire unique enrichi de 9 aquarelles originales signées de Henry Nadare, reliées hors-texte. La première est un faux-titre original pour l'ouvrage. Avec quatorze eaux-fortes de Adolphe Lalauze en en-tête et culs-de-lampe. Coloured plates in order: Title page. 1. Half title. 2. Ladies admiring attractive, coloured cloth in a shop. 3. Men drunkenly 'making their presence felt' as they make their way along a street. 4. A wealthy couple in a shop selling medicines. 5. Lady about to board a carriage, watched by two Gentlemen. 6. Soldiers and Gentlemen. 7. Nude Ladies bathing. 8. Gentleman knocking on a side door to a Palace. 9. Lady and Gentleman conversing in a Garden.