ENFANTINA. Six âges de Léontine (Les). Paris, Marcilly, circ - Lot 89

ENFANTINA. Six âges de Léontine (Les). Paris, Marcilly, circa 1825. Six parts in one vol. in-18, glazed blue calf, cold pattern on covers framed by gold fillet, three-nerve spine decorated in gold and cold, small dent. with intér. roulette, white moiré paper endpapers, gilt edges (Rel. of the period). Delightful edition. It is illustrated with a second title page with gilt lettering and adorned with a vignette and six figures engraved on metal by Nargeot after Dubouloz and finely illuminated by hand in gold and color. These charming scenes are brilliantly colored and remarkably fresh. Joint: - Guérin (L.). Les bons petits garçons. Histoire pour la jeunesse. P., Janet (Impr. Crapelet), s. d. (1835). In-18 square, purplish long-grained morocco, spine decorated in gold and cold, large cold plate on covers framed by gilt fillet, small inner tooth, gilt tr. (Contemporary binding). ORIGINAL EDITION, very rare, of this charming children's book, illustrated with 6 delightful lithographs, after Jules David, L. Janet, Jourdy, finely colored at the time. The author, born in 1807, founded the Journal des Enfants, then the Gazette des Enfants et des jeunes personnes; a friend of Louis Desnoyers, he published a whole series of works for young people (Gumuchian, 2857 and pl. 221). ATTRACTIVE ROMANTIC BINDING, VERY FRESH. - Cormenin (L. de). Entretien de Village. P., Pagnerre, 1846. Demi-maroq. r. (Thierry, succr de Petit-Simier). First printing of Daubigny's 40 charming vignettes. - Gustave and Gérard... Text and drawings by Haguenthal. Pont-à-Mousson,Haguenthal, 1863. Gr. in-8, paper boards with spines and covers decorated with colored lithographs. Illustrated with 6 lithogr. colored at the time (Unknown to Gumuchian). Set of 4 vols.