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MONNIER, Henri.
Petites Felicites et Petites Miseres Humaines.
Scarce. The amusing images cover life in France from L'Enfance to La Vieilesse (from Childhood to Old Age). This work is one of a series in which Monnier recorded the life and manners of Paris. In this particular work, he depicts the pleasures and miseries of bourgeois Paris from infancy to death.
- Published
- Paris: 1829.
- References
- 3 copies in the OCLC. Bobins III 979 & 982. Champfleurry 331.
- Plates
- 10
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: 1829.
- Ref
- 1272
[Little Felicites and Little Human Miseries.] SCARCE. Oblong 4to. Attractive 3/4 green cloth over marbled boards; gilt-lettered red morocco label to spine and a rectangular red morocco title label to upper board. Complete with ten hand-coloured lithographs. This work is one of a series in which Monnier recorded the life and manners of Paris. In this particular work, he depicts the pleasures and miseries of bourgeois Paris from infancy to death. Coloured plates in order: 1. LES PETITES FELICITES HUMAINES. L'Enfance. Les dinettes, les Joujoux, les bonbons, les mises en culottes. 2. LES PETITES MISERES HUMAINES. L'Enfance. Les Privations, Le Maitre d'Ecole, le Fouet &c, &c. 3. LES PETITES FELICITES HUMAINES. La Jeunesse...Une folle maitresse, Des francs amis et l'amour des chansons bravant le monde et les sots et les sages... 4. LES PETITES MISERES HUMAINES. La Jeunesse. Dettes, Passions malheureuses, Mauvaises connaissances, Affaires d'honneur, Tailleurs... 5. PETITES FELICITES HUMAINES. L'Age Mur. Faveurs de la Cour, Gratifications, Decorations, &c, &c. 6. LES PETITES MISERES HUMAINES. L'Age Mur. Idees ambitieuses, Famille a elever, Chagrins domestiques. 7. LES PETITES FELICITES HUMAINES. La Vieillesse. Les Jours de fetes, les Diners de famille, Les Enfants, Petits enfants &c, &c. 8. LES PETITES MISERES HUMAINES. Vieillesse. Infirmities, Abandon, Solitude, Egoisme. 9. LES PETITES FELICITES HUMAINES. La Chaleur. 10. LES PETITES MISERES HUMAINES. Le Froid.