GAVARNI, Paul. Masques et Visages. - Lot 123

GAVARNI, Paul. Masques et Visages. Published in Paris by Calmann Lévy, s.d. (c. 1880). Large in-4, red publisher's boards. 151 pp. Binding soiled, first quire detached, some foxing. Ink stains on first three leaves. Collection of 72 lithographed compositions by Gavarni, humorously depicting many aspects of life at the end of the 19th century. Introduction by Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve. Worn copy; the plates are generally clean. Joint: FRANTZ, Henri and UZANNE, Octave. "Daumier and Gavarni with critical and biographical notes by Henri Frantz and Octave Uzanne". London, Paris, New-York, The Studio, 1904. In-4 paperback. Numerous reproductions of works by both artists, some in color, some facsimiles.