SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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AUBERT [pub] and BARBIZET [litho]
Les Enfans Parisiens. Jeux, Exercices et Amusemens.

A wonderful and rare work depicting young and adolescent children of the upper classes at play.

Published
Paris: Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, Place de la Bourse, Nº 29, [c. 1845]
References
Not in any of the costume bibliographies; OCLC locates a single copy at Princeton
Plates
6
Binding/Size
L=FOLIO
Value
0-5000
Published
Paris: Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, Place de la Bourse, Nº 29, [c. 1845]
Ref
617

[Parisian children. Games, exercises, and amusements.] SCARCE. Oblong folio [325 × 465 mm.] decorative title printed in blue gold brown, and silver six hand-coloured tinted lithographic plates very light spotting to margins; original pale green boards embossed with pagodas and equestrian figures; a little rubbed and stained. Fresh title to spine, re-spined in green cloth. The six plates are all beautifully engraved and coloured, with some areas finished with a layer of gum arabic. The fashionably dressed children are playing horses pulling a carriage, girls visiting a goatherd in a bucolic landscape and feeding the goat, a traveling entertainer with a trained monkey or children gardening, etc. *Rebinding and restoration work on this book was carried out by Ron Norman of Hartlepool. (Ronnorm@aol.com)* Coloured plates in order: Title page. 1. Caleche a deux Chevaux. 2. Les petites Chevres. 3. Le Spectacle ambulant. 4. Les quatre Coins. 5. Les Fruits. 6. Le Jardin.