Gazette Drouot logo print
Lot n° 3

ABC of Polichinel. 8th series. Imagerie d'Epinal....

Estimate :
Subscribers only

ABC of Polichinel. 8th series. Imagerie d'Epinal. Pellerin imp-edit. [Circa 1880]. In-12 (21 x 14,6 cm). (32) pp. : stenciled paper covers, Polichinelle and his stick in front of two frightened young children on the first, ornate frame on the second. Amazing and truculent primer with fifteen beautiful engraved plates, stenciled, on the bad life of Polichinelle, drunkard and scoundrel who ends up in hell roasted like a blood sausage. Small soiling of use on the covers. Joint : - Alphabet Polichinel in Paris. Popular series N° 2. Imagerie d'Epinal founded in 1796. Pellerin & Cie. imps Edits. [Around 1890]. In-12 (21,6 x 15 cm). (8) pp. : black lithographed and stenciled strong paper covers, Polichinelle sitting on the neck of a bottle on the first one, view of the Bernardeau & Gougeard stores, Merchants-Tailleurs in Orleans, on the second one. Adventures of Polichinelle, two superimposed images with captions per page. No alphabet, contrary to what the title announces. Small crack at the foot of the spine.