Corroche, A. ; Fourmy ; Grangé, E. ; Knock ; Malchus ; Poublon, Frédéric - Dummy collection of political cartoons. [C. 1860-1880] Split-format, mostly in-f.: [50] ff. (russet, many ff. browned, many edges frayed with minor damage to titles and captions, small tears and many rare restorations). Dull grey half cloth boards with corners (worn, rubbed, inner joints cracked, partly unbound). Contains ± 70 caricatures in b/w, many of them stencil-enhanced, signed Fourmy, Corroche, E. Grangé, Knock, Malchus, Frédéric Poublon, Danielé and taken from "Sans-Souci", "L'Espiègle", "La Cigale", "L'Étrille", "Le Diable", "Uylenspiegel", etc. A number of targeted personalities: Charles Rogier, Alexandre Jamar, Auguste Couvreur, Frère-Orban, Louis Defré, Abbé Désiré De Haerne, Jules Bara, Louis Hymans, as well as Bismarck, Victor Hugo ("L'homme qui rit"), etc.; a number of typically Brussels subjects: reclamation of the Senne, development of the Bois de la Cambre, etc. In fine, 11 ff. (from a Belgian publication) on the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, containing 34 engravings, including 19 portraits (heads of state, officers and politicians from both sides) and 15 historical scenes, by P. Blanchard, S. Marichal, J. Férat, Provost, A. Daudenarde, E. Gluck, etc. Joint, in-f° format, in ff. (fair condition): 31 issues of Belgian satirical sheets illustrated with caricatures, 1868-1888: L'Étrille, L'Espiègle, Le Tirailleur, Le Diable, La Patrouille, La Gazette artistique. - 1 poster caricaturing Napoleon III: "Congé définitif". [1871] (33 pcs)
Estim. 300 - 420 EUR
