Catalogue 157: Myth, Satire & the Supernatural!


Cover image:

 Le petit homme rouge berçant son fils. Voici mon fils bien-aimé, qui m'a donné tant de satisfaction.
[n.d., 1814.]
Coloured etching. 230 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
A red Devil cradles his 'beloved son' Napoleon. A close copy of a German original, but incorporating the 'The Little Red Man', a legendary Parisian ghost said to haunt the Palais des Tuileries and appear before the downfall of French rulers.
BM Satires 12197. Bonaparte & the British, Clayton & O'Connell, no. 121, page 186. Provenance: Alfred Brewis, Newcastle ship owner, 1912.
[Ref: 70065]   £680.00  


Grosvenor Prints is pleased to present our new listing:  
Catalogue 157: Myth, Satire & the Supernatural! 
 
A few highlights:
 

 The Funeral Procession of Buonaparte.
[George Moutard Woodward] Pub.d Oct.r 27 1803 by William Holland N 11 Cockspur Street Pall Mall London.
£2500
Stock Ref: 70060
 

 To the Women of England! (Extract from the Britsh Neptune of Sunday, August 7.] ... From this single Acorn, the Women of England have it in their power to raise a Tree that will grow in their Honour, and stand for centuries a Monument of the Patriotism. AN ENGLISH WOMAN.
Printed for J. Ginger, 169, Piccadilly; Where all the Patriotic Papers may be had, sorted [n.d., c.1803].
£850
Stock Ref: 70270
 

Le Charletan Politique ou le Léopard Apprivoisé.
[Antoine Denis Chaudet] [n.d., 1794.]
£3000
Stock Ref: 70135 
 
We're exhibiting at the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair 30th–31st October.
We're stand 53, which is on the stage.
You can download a complimentary ticket here.
If you would like us to take anything specific to the fair please let us know!

Catalogue 158 will be out Wednesday 9th December.
 

 

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