[Caricature] 22 lithographs: (1-8) Alfred le Petit (1841-1909) 8 lithographs,

This item contains no English description. See the Dutch description: all pochoir-coloured, all French political caricatures concerning the Franco-Prussian war, published by Duclaux, Madre, a.o., 1870-1871, various folio sizes.

Occas. small tears and folds in corners, but in good condition. Comprises i.a. "Le poupon a la mère Guillaume", "La confession de Badinguet", "Le plus lourd l'emporte", "Le Pif impérial" mainly supplements of La Charge; (9-13) "G. Pelardy & Grandperret." Series of 5 lithographs concerning the Franco-Prussian war, lithographed by Alexandre Eugène Lefebvre (b. 1826), 1870-1871, all w. sheet size 28 x 22 cm. (portrait and landscape). Sl. foxed. Interesting (complete?) series, possibly figuring Pealardy & Grandperret themselves (a large and a small man), with titles such as "Partie en guerre contre les ennemis...!", "Un laisser pour compte...!" and "Le coup de balai du 4 septembre 1870!". And 9 similar caricatures with the same subject and from the same years, including a series "Les Prussiens a Paris" (no. 3, 4 and 6) by L. Deniau.