M Kenny Meadous (ed) — Les Anglais Peints Par Eux-Mmes

Paris, L Curmer, 1840. First edition. Leather. An uncommon first French edition set of this work regarding English painters and prints, complete in two volumes. An uncommon, first French edition set of English painters and prints. With one-hundred plates and numerous illustrations. Printed as a kind satirical, teasing look at the English, this book of caricatures is almost a caricature itself. Known as 'Physiology' literature, this style was popular in the mid-nineteenth century. More than just a caricature in the visual form, it describes the characteristics and behaviour of a social or professional group. Included in these two volumes are the Cockney, the Alderman, and the Spoiled Child. In a fine morocco binding with gilt detail. Externally, smart with light rubbing. Library label to spine of both volumes. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown of both. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with Some spotting. Library stamp to title page of both. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .