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79 - DANTAN (Jean-Pierre), HUART (Louis). Musée Dantan. A gallery…
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DANTAN (Jean-Pierre), HUART (Louis). Musée Dantan. A gallery of caricatures and sketches of famous figures of the time, with explanatory and biographical notes. A fine album of one hundred portraits of 19th-century celebrities, including Balzac, Berlioz, Liszt, Paganini, Victor Hugo and others, engraved from the busts by the sculptor Jean-Pierre Dantan (1800–1869). This copy is enhanced by two signed autograph letters addressed to Dantan by the writer Hippolyte Lucas (1807–1878) and the actor Alcide Tousez (1809–1850), depicted on pages 118 and 184 respectively. Paris, published by H. Delloye, 1839. In-8 volume (260 x 175 mm), brown half-morocco with corner pieces, ribbed spine, author, title and date in full in gilt letters, gilt head. Late 19th-century binding by Lanscelie. 1 blank leaf, 200 pp., 100 plates, 1 blank leaf. First edition and first printing of this remarkable collection of 100 portraits drawn and wood-engraved by Maurisset after the curious sculptures of Jean-Pierre Dantan (known as Dantan the Younger). The 100 captions accompanying each engraving are by Louis Huart. Fine print on vellum. Notable among the caricatures are those of Balzac, Strauss, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Liszt, Paganini, Rossini, Berlioz, Frédéric Soulié, Carle, Lucas, Tousez and Horace Vernet, and, in a mise en abîme, Louis Huart... We include the extremely rare promotional leaflet announcing the first ten instalments, printed on yellow paper and dated 1838. Dantan exhibited his sculptures in his private museum, in his home studio on Rue Blanche. Jean-Pierre Dantan was renowned for the caricature statuettes he created of his contemporaries and exhibited. The distinctive feature of these small plaster or bronze busts – measuring between 20 and 60 cm – was that they presented a riddle allowing the viewer to guess the identity of the person depicted. Tradition has it that these famous statuettes inspired Daumier himself in the creation of his famous caricature portraits. Vicaire, IV, 220; Carteret, III, 182. From the libraries of "Philippe Houot" and "Alfred Pied". A very fine copy, untrimmed, perfectly bound, free from foxing.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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