Gill - La Parodie. Collection complète (Rarissime) - 1869-1870
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La Parodie. Collection complète (Rarissime), illustrated first edition by Gill, a hardback 33 cm by 25 cm with 312 pages, published in Paris by André Gill between 1869 and 1870 as a complete, rare satirical journal collection.
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Album "La Parodie". Extremely rare ephemeral satirical journal founded by the caricaturist André Gill.
Complete collection. Bi-monthly, but from September 28, this journal became weekly -
Collection of 21 journals of 16 pages - Twelve pages of engravings per issue in colored sections - First Year, No. 1 from June 4, 1869 to No. 21 and the last from January 9 to 16, 1870 -
Excerpt from the Preface: 'He who writes these lines has imposed upon himself a Function: Laughter, a grave thing. To make others laugh, an even gravER thing: Mission, Mission, Function, that is all. Or there. The where there, zipline. Let’s move on. etc.'
Appears in the header of the Parody: "This amusing and eminently fanciful sheet reproduces at length the event of the day, the play or the novel in vogue, the salon, current events"
Antique burgundy percaline binding with marbled endpapers and pastedowns, 312 pages, quarto (25 x 33 cm) - All original covers are preserved -
Caricature illustrations by Coinchon, Gédéon, Gill, Hadol, Humbert, Lemot, A. Le Petit, H. Oulevay, Pilotell, Félix Régamey, Robida, Sahib -
The texts are by A. Brun, Le Cousin Jacques, Francis Enne, J. Favre, Gill, Ernest d'Hervilly, Oulevay, G. Puissant, E. Regamey, Eugène Vermersch -
Each issue is devoted to a specific subject *Among others: The Salon of 1869, The Theater, The Boulevard, The Books, Bade!, The Fairy, The Women, A Murky Affair, The Return, A Journey to Constantinople, The Strikes, The Hunts, The Latin Quarter, two copies, The Bullier Ball, The New Books, The Glory, The Legislative Body, etc., etc.
Miscellaneous Serial Features: 'The Testament of a Jokester' by Jules Vallès, 'Le Parnasse contemporain' and 'At the Bar' by Eugène Vermersch - Two scores: L'Archet, poems by Charles Cros, music by Ernest Cabaner and L'Orgue, lyrics by Charles Cros, music by Armand Gouzien -
Paul Verlaine: Prose Poems. Praise of artificial flowers / Flaubert: Sentimental Education before Madame Bovary and Salammbô / Alphonse Daudet: Daudet in the Woods / J. Michelet: Our Fathers /
Theatre also holds a very important place in all reviews -
Exceptional and very rare copy in very good condition -
Album "La Parodie". Extremely rare ephemeral satirical journal founded by the caricaturist André Gill.
Complete collection. Bi-monthly, but from September 28, this journal became weekly -
Collection of 21 journals of 16 pages - Twelve pages of engravings per issue in colored sections - First Year, No. 1 from June 4, 1869 to No. 21 and the last from January 9 to 16, 1870 -
Excerpt from the Preface: 'He who writes these lines has imposed upon himself a Function: Laughter, a grave thing. To make others laugh, an even gravER thing: Mission, Mission, Function, that is all. Or there. The where there, zipline. Let’s move on. etc.'
Appears in the header of the Parody: "This amusing and eminently fanciful sheet reproduces at length the event of the day, the play or the novel in vogue, the salon, current events"
Antique burgundy percaline binding with marbled endpapers and pastedowns, 312 pages, quarto (25 x 33 cm) - All original covers are preserved -
Caricature illustrations by Coinchon, Gédéon, Gill, Hadol, Humbert, Lemot, A. Le Petit, H. Oulevay, Pilotell, Félix Régamey, Robida, Sahib -
The texts are by A. Brun, Le Cousin Jacques, Francis Enne, J. Favre, Gill, Ernest d'Hervilly, Oulevay, G. Puissant, E. Regamey, Eugène Vermersch -
Each issue is devoted to a specific subject *Among others: The Salon of 1869, The Theater, The Boulevard, The Books, Bade!, The Fairy, The Women, A Murky Affair, The Return, A Journey to Constantinople, The Strikes, The Hunts, The Latin Quarter, two copies, The Bullier Ball, The New Books, The Glory, The Legislative Body, etc., etc.
Miscellaneous Serial Features: 'The Testament of a Jokester' by Jules Vallès, 'Le Parnasse contemporain' and 'At the Bar' by Eugène Vermersch - Two scores: L'Archet, poems by Charles Cros, music by Ernest Cabaner and L'Orgue, lyrics by Charles Cros, music by Armand Gouzien -
Paul Verlaine: Prose Poems. Praise of artificial flowers / Flaubert: Sentimental Education before Madame Bovary and Salammbô / Alphonse Daudet: Daudet in the Woods / J. Michelet: Our Fathers /
Theatre also holds a very important place in all reviews -
Exceptional and very rare copy in very good condition -
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Collected works, Humour & caricature, Illustrated, Literature, Politics, Sociology, Theatre
Book Title
La Parodie. Collection complète (Rarissime)
Author/ Illustrator
Gill
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1869
Publication year youngest item
1870
Height
33 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
Width
25 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
André Gill, Paris
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
312
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