Betes & Gens, Fables & Contes Humoristiques a la Plume et au Crayon

Book Description

Louis Pierre Gabriel Morel-Retz (1825-1899) signed his work with the pseudonym Stop. He was a French caricaturist, engraver and painter, known for his humorous series ' Les adventures de Monsieur Verdreau'.

Dealer Notes

A book full of drawings and text, only 10 pages have no drawing included. The good quality of the paper means it is a book of substance.
Moire endpapers and shiny gilt page edges.

Author MOREL-RETZ Louis Pierre Gabriel (STOP)

Date 1880, Second edition

Binding Contemporary 1/4 calf with maroon boards, all edges gilt

Publisher E Plon et Cie, Paris

Condition Edges rubbed, top corners a little worn

Pages small 4to (25cm), pp. iv, 344, frontis

Price: £30.00

Offered by Bainbridge Books

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