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- LEMERCIER DE NEUVILLE (Louis).
See original version (French)
147
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- LEMERCIER DE NEUVILLE (Louis).
See original version (French)
Estimate €60 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
- LEMERCIER DE NEUVILLE (Louis). Théâtre des Pupazzi. Lyon, N. Scheuring, 1876; 8vo (22x15 cm), red morocco (front cover scuffed), triple gilt fillet on covers, raised spine, 4 small central oval circles in black mosaic, decorated with small gilt ironwork, between the raised bands, green morocco panels: author-title, city-date, wide gilt fillet framing the endpapers, gilt edges. Decorated front cover (XXVI-411-(3) pages. Portrait, 18 vignettes published in 1866 and 1869. Lemercier de Neuville was a French puppeteer, journalist, columnist, playwright and storyteller (1830–1918); in 1860 he created a portable puppet theatre, depicting famous contemporary figures by caricaturing them as cardboard characters. Binding by Masson-Debonelle.
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