Fleurs, fruits & légumes du jour / par Alfred Le Petit ; légendes de H. Briollet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Petit, Alfred, 1841-1909.

Contributor:

Briollet, H. (Hippolyte), 1832-1877.

Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847.

Imp. Coulbœuf, printer.

Au Bureau de l'Eclipse, publisher.

Marilyn Kramer Weitzman Fund.

Flora E. Haney Fund.

Edward W. Lanius Book Fund.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals.

Generals.

Politicians.

Courts and courtiers.

Politics and government.

France--Politics and government--1852-1870--Caricatures and cartoons.

France.

France--History--Second Empire, 1852-1870--Caricatures and cartoons.

History.

Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871--Caricatures and cartoons.

Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871.

Paris (France)--History--Commune, 1871--Caricatures and cartoons.

Paris (France).

France--Court and courtiers--Caricatures and cartoons.

Politicians--France--Caricatures and cartoons.

Generals--France--Caricatures and cartoons.

Intellectuals--France--Caricatures and cartoons.

Caricatures and cartoons--France.

Caricatures and cartoons.

Political science.

France--Paris.

Genre:

Caricatures and cartoons.

Caricatures -- France -- 19th century.

Illustrated works -- France -- 19th century.

History.

Cartoons (Humor)

Penn Provenance:

Pelay, E. M. (Edouard Melite), 1842-1921 (bookplate) (RBC copy)

Boulnois, Guy (stamp) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

1 portfolio (32 unnumbered leaves) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Manufacture:

Paris : Imp. Coulbœuf.

Other Title:

Fleurs, fruits et légumes du jour

Place of Publication:

Paris : Au bureau de l'Eclipse ..., [1871]

Contents:

[1] L'œillet. Le général Trouchu

[2] Le soleil. Gambetta

[3] Le perce-neige. Le général Chanzy

[4] Le cactus épineux. M. Delescluze

[5] La pomme de terre. M. Dorian

[6] L'hortensia. M. Edmond About

[7] Le rosier des batailles. Le général Faidherbe

[8] Le pois de senteur. M. Jules Simon

[9] Le radis. M. Félix Pyat

[10] Le narcisse. M. Jules Ferry

[11] Fleur desséchée. M. Littré

[12] Le pêcher. M. Steenackers

[13] Pensées. Louis Blanc

[14] Le myosotis. Clément Thomas

[15] Le raisin. Henri Rochefort

[16] L'immortelle. Jules Favre

[17] La poire. M. Thiers

[18] Le haricot rouge. M. Schœlcher

[19] Le laurier. Garibaldi

[20] Le buis. M. Dupanloup

[21] Plante grasse. M. Crémieux

[22] La pomme. M. Pouyer-Quertier

[23] Le lierre. M. Dufaure

[24] Campanule. M. Grévy

[25] Le melon. M. Louis Veuillot

[26] Les cerises. M.M. Emmanuel & Étienne Arago

[27] La violette. M. Edgar Quinet

[28] La citrouille. M. Ernest Picard

[29] Le chardon. M. P. Tirard

[30] L'églantine. M. V. Hugo

[31] Laitues. M. Joigneaux.

Notes:

Cover title.

Cover and plates illustrated in colors; legends are four-line satirical rhymes.

Cover signed "A.L.P. Paris 2 mars 1871"; plates signed "Alfred Le Petit" and dated between 11 janv. and 30 mars 1871, except one, dated 26 juin 1871.

Many plates appear to be based on the anthropomorphized flowers of J.J. Grandville (Les fleurs animées, first published 1847).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Marilyn Kramer Weitzman Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Flora E. Haney Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward W. Lanius Book Fund.

RBC copy has the bookplate of E. M. Pelay ("E. M. Pelay, Rothomag") on front pastedown; an ownership stamp in blue ink on front pastedown ("Guy Boulnois Rue des Ecoles Moliens 30220 Formerie"); and an excised booksellers' description, with ms. date "mai 1917", pasted on front pastedown.

Cited in:

Library of Peter A. Wick [catalog], 171

Related Work:

Grandville, J. J., 1803-1847. Fleurs animées.

OCLC:

170971290