From White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since June 4, 2009
About this Item
Scarce juvenile title celebrating French carnival. N.d., circa 1890. Small folio-sized, 31 by 25 cm. 16 pp., including wraps. Vivid chromolithographs, whose artful juxtapositions aid in transporting us back to the nineteenth century carnival and to see the kinetic energy and color of such occasions through a child's eyes. Here is the wonderment without the grime and sordidness that was surely the underside of peripatetic productions. The illustrations bring to life "les Animaux Savants", the wild animals, the organ grinder, the souvenir vendors, Punch and Judy, the minstrel band, the jugglers, the balancing acts, Indianqs, the monkeys, balloons, and then such innocent fun as cycling. No copies located on OCLC. Light soling scattered. Minor roughness by the spine. Seller Inventory # 002625
Bibliographic Details
Title: Fete Foraine
Publisher: A. Capendu, Paris
Binding: Wraps
Condition: Very Good
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