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MAGGUENOUSSE - [TINANT, Robert]

Strange beasts seen entirely in black by Sir Robert Tinant. Silhouettes of yore. Jean-Jean, or a guy too clever, and a tale of work.

Paris, Librairie Delagrave, [1889]. 1 volume. octavo. Half red publisher's cloth, boards illustrated in black.

Title page and sixteen plates, each divided into two humorous vignettes rendered in the silhouette style by Robert Tinant.

A charming book for children, delicately crafted.

Small flaws in binding. Foxing on the endpapers. Small losses at the upper corners of the first leaves. Some foxing and stains, few in number.

MAGGUENOUSSE - [TINANT, Robert] 

Drôles de bêtes vues tout en noir par Messire Robert Tinant Silhouettes d'autrefois. Jean-Jean ou un gars trop futé et histoire de boulot. 

Paris, Librairie Delagrave, [1889]. 1 vol. in-8. Demie toile rouge éditeur, couvertures cartonnées illustrées en noir. 
 
Page de titre et seize planches, chacune découpée en deux saynètes humoristiques travaillées à la manière des silhouettes par Robert Tinant. 

Charmant livre pour enfants tout en finesse. 

Petites fragilités au brochage. Rousseurs sur les feuillets de garde. Petits manques aux coins supérieurs des premiers feuillets. Quelques rousseurs et taches peu nombreuses. 


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Robert Tinant ; Magguenousse - Drôles de gens vus tout en noir. [Ombres chinoises] - 1889

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Drôles de gens vus tout en noir. [Ombres chinoises], by Robert Tinant and Magguenousse, is a French illustrated children’s book in an illustrated edition, published in 1889 by Librairie Ch. Delagrave, with 39 pages, size 26.2 × 17.5 cm, in soft cover and original language French.

Robert Tinant ; Magguenousse - Drôles de gens vus tout en noir. [Ombres chinoises] - 1889

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Drôles de gens vus tout en noir. [Ombres chinoises], by Robert Tinant and Magguenousse, is a French illustrated children’s book in an illustrated edition, published in 1889 by Librairie Ch. Delagrave, with 39 pages, size 26.2 × 17.5 cm, in soft cover and original language French.

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