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PRUDHOMME.
Plaisirs de L'Enfance.
Very rare and charming children's book on multiple children's games and plays, here hand-coloured, by Prudhomme.
- Published
- Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, (ca. 1860).
- References
- Not in the CWOL
- Plates
- 16
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, (ca. 1860).
- Ref
- 1107
[Childhood Pleasures.] Oblong 8vo. Later, half red cloth with original green cloth boards with the title lettered in gold on the upper board. Lithographed title and 15 full-page lithographed plates after A. de Vrese, depicting various children's games, all hand-coloured. (8) leaves. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Le cerf-volant. 3. Les petits montagnards. 4. Le petit navire. 5. Le cerceau. 6. L'escarpolette. 7. Le singe. 8. L'arc . 9. Le traineau et les boules de neige . 10. La main chaude. 11. Le papillon. 12. La danse de marionnettes. 13. Polichinelle. 14. Les quilles. 15. Colin-maillard. 16. La lanterne magique.