Mars [Maurice Charles Bonvoisin] — La Vie de Londres Cotes Piants

Paris, Libraire Plon, c1895. Cloth. A smart copy of this charming work by French caricaturist "Mars", Maurice Bonvoisin, depicting London life with hand-coloured illustrations. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.This is volume is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held at the national Library of Scotland and UCL Library Services. This copy features fifteen plates of charming hand-colored illustrations, offering amusing glimpses into London life from a French perspective. Collated, complete. Maurice Charles Bonvoisin (1849–1912), who published under the pseudonym "Mars," was a French caricaturist and illustrator celebrated for his witty social and satirical scenes. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd spot to perimeters. The odd slight handling mark to boards. Slight rubbing to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot and handling mark heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves, more apparent to blank pages facing illustrations. Good . Ill.: None Stated. Good .