Louis Lemercier de Neuville

Théâtre des Pupazzi - Rare Book Illustrated by L. Lemercier de Neuville - 1876

1876

Assemblée Nationale Comique is an original modern rare book illustrated by CHAM and written by Auguste Lireux (Rouen, 1814 - 1870, Bougival) in 1850. Published by Michel Lévy Frères –Paris. Original First Edition. Format: large 8°. The book includes 625 pages and 20 fully illustrated page lithographs. Mint conditions. Auguste Lireux (Rouen, 1814 - 1870, Bougival). Lireux began, out of college, by founding, in his hometown, a small newspaper, the Indiscret , whose sarcastic and biting tone made him many enemies and which earned him seven or eight duels, where he has almost always been injured. There he recounted the marital misadventures of his compatriots, a process which provided him with a great deal of copy, but which he had to put an end to when a chair-mender outraged in his reputation had not inflicted on him a correction which could have had very serious consequences if the painter Garneray had not come to his aid. Discouraged, in 1841 he went to Paris, where he founded La Patrie which was then regarded as an opposition newspaper. He entered several other newspapers, including the Revue et gazette des théâtres , which then had among its editors Édouard Thierry , the administrator of the Théâtre-Français, the Courrier français (1846), the Revue comique (1848), the Messenger from theaters...

Voyage où il vous plaira is an original modern rare book written by P.J. Stahl and Alfred De Musset and illustrated by Tony Johannot (9 November 1803 – 4 August 1852) in 1843. Original First Edition. Published by Hetzel, Paris. Format: large 8°. The book includes 170 pages with hundreds of illustrations (63 of them are full page woodcuts). Mint conditions. Tony Johannot (9 November 1803 – 4 August 1852). Johannot was a French engraver, illustrator and painter. His historical paintings were exhibited at the Paris Salon for the first time in 1831. He became an illustrator much prized for his elegance, his diversity, and the lively character of his drawings, which were converted to engravings either by himself or by such artists as Jacques Adrien Lavieille, Émile Montigneul, and Alfred Revel. He was praised by Théophile Gautier.

This striking 1892 illustrated program by Henri-Gabriel Ibels represents a rare surviving artifact from the golden age of Le Théâtre Libre, the pioneering independent theatre led by ...

A Swashbuckling Spectacle in Belle Époque Paris This vibrant 1886 lithographic poster for Le Bossu at the Théâtre de la Gaîté captures the theatrical flair and colorful storytelling...