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"Whisperings in the Ear" "A Little Bit of One's True Self" COMBA, Pierre-Paul. Le Bout de L'Oreille par Comba. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [ca. 1855]. First edition. Folio (12 13/16 x 10 inches; 326 x 254 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and eighteen fine and amusing hand colored lithograph plates. Rebound in modern quarter gray cloth over marbled boards with gray cloth corners, spine lettered in gilt. A near fine copy. Extremely scarce: According to OCLC there are no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. Pierre-Paul Comba (1833-1872) was a French artist and lithographer of Italian descent whose extremely scarce comic albums belong to the tradition of French social caricature that flourished during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Very little biographical information concerning the artist appears to have survived, and his independently published albums are now exceptionally difficult to find. In addition to Le Bout de l'Oreille, we have traced two other suites published by Arnauld de Vresse: Paris et ses Parisiens; Types et M?urs, 1850. (15 hand colored lithographs) and Coqueau et Coquette: Album Comique, 1855. (18 lithographs). The eighteen wonderfully observed scenes in Le Bout de l'Oreille take familiar French sayings, proverbial expressions, and social conventions and translate them into visual jokes. Courtship, marriage, vanity, money, infidelity, social climbing, and relations between the sexes provide Comba with particularly fertile material. Many of the captions deliberately exploit the double meanings of familiar expressions, so that the accompanying image reveals the mischievous-and frequently risqué-meaning lurking beneath the apparently innocent words. The Plates: 1. Ma Moutarde après Diner! My Mustard after Dinner! 2. La belle Plume fait le bel oiseau. Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds. 3. Il ne faut pas tans de chiens après un os. There's No Need for So Many Dogs After One Bone. 4. Un homme sans abri. Est un oiseau sans nid. A Man Without a Home Is a Bird Without a Nest. 5. La Sauce coûte plus, que le Poisson!! The Sauce Costs More Than the Fish!! 6. Des Larmes de Crocodile! Crocodile Tears! 7. C'est le chemindu Paradis, on n'y va qu'un par un!! It's the Road to Paradise-and We Can Only Go One at a Time!! 8. Nous Mannequin! Ah bah! Les Femmes sont parfaitement comme les roses qui habillent et deshabillent, elles sont à la fois le Paradis des yeux, l'Enfer de l'âme, et le Purgatoire de la bourse. Us, mannequins! Nonsense! Women are just like roses, which dress and undress; they are at once the Paradise of the eyes, the Hell of the soul, and the Purgatory of the purse. 9. Et tu pleure ça, ma belle biche, fais comme moi, envoie ton mari à l'ecole de l'Arithméthique et fais lui apprendre la Multipplication. And you're crying over that, my pretty dear? Do as I do: send your husband to arithmetic school-and have him learn multiplication! 10. Il vaut mieux s'adresser à Dieu qu'à ses Saints. Better to Go to God Than to His Saints. 11. Faire venir l'eau à la bouche! To Make One's Mouth Water! 12. Mordre à l'Hameçon! To Take the Bait! 13. Qui aime Bertrand, aime son Chien. Love Me, Love My Dog. 14. Que le mari soit vieux, repoussant comme le diable, ou qu'il dépense tout son bien au litre, sa femme doit le traiter comme son mâitre, son Souverain, son Dieu!! Si son mari s'absente, elle doit jeuner, coucher sur la terre, et s'abstenir de toute toilette, il n'y a pas d'autre Dieu sur la terre pour une creature féminine que son mari. Whether her husband be old, hideous as the Devil, or drink away his entire fortune, his wife must treat him as her Master, her Sovereign, her God!! If her husband goes away, she must fast, sleep upon the ground, and abstain from all adornment; for a woman there is no other God on earth but her husband. 15. Faire le Chien couchant. To Play the Fawning Dog. 16. Tout Chien qui aboie, ne mord pas. Barking Dogs Seldom Bite. 17. Ah! Ah! V'la le beau Monsieur à cheval et sa Dame qui sortent de leur chateau, font ils leur tête!! Ne les insulte point, Paillard, tu ne sais pas, ce que tu peux devenir. Ah! Ah! Here come the fine gentleman on horseback and his lady, riding out of their château-look at the airs they give themselves!! Don't insult them, Paillard; you never know what you may become yourself. 18. .Oh! c'est tout au plus si vous avez quatre pieds. C'est vrai mon cher ami, la votre en a un, qui en vaut quatre. .Oh! you have four feet at the very most." / "That's true, my dear fellow; yours has one that's worth four.…

First Edition. "Whisperings in the Ear" "A Little Bit of One's True Self" COMBA, Pierre-Paul. Le Bout de L'Oreille par Comba. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [ca. 1855]. First edition. Folio (12 15/16 x 10 inches; 338 x 254 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and eighteen fine and amusing hand colored lithograph plates. Mid twentieth century red cloth over boards, smooth spine with maroon morocco label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. A fine copy. Extremely scarce: According to OCLC there are no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. COMBA, Pierre-Paul (1833-1872) was an artist of Italian descent. We have been unable to locate any other examples of this fine work. We do however know of two other works by him: Paris et ses Parisiens; Types et Moeurs. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1850 (15 hand colored lithographs) and Coqueau et Coquette: Album Comique. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1855 (18 lithographs). The Plates: 1. Ma Moutarde après Diner! My Mustard after Dinner! 2. La belle Plume fait le bel oiseau. The beautiful Feather makes the beautiful bird. 3. Il ne faut pas tans de chiens après un os. It doesn't take so many dogs after a bone. 4. Un homme sans abri. Est un oiseau sans nid. A homeless man. Is a bird without a nest. 5. La Sauce coûte plus, que le Poisson!! The Sauce costs more, than the Fish!! 6. Des Larmes de Crocodile! Crocodile Tears! 7. C'est le chemindu Paradis, on n'y va qu'un par un!! This is the way to Paradise, we only go one by one!! 8. Nous Mannequin! Ah bah! Les Femmes sont parfaitement comme les roses qui habillent et deshabillent, elles sont à la fois le Paradis des yeux, l'Enfer de l'âme, et le Purgatoire de la bourse. We Model! Ah bah! Women are perfectly like the roses which dress and undress, they are at the same time the Paradise of the eyes, the Hell of the soul, and the Purgatory of the purse. 9. Et tu pleure ça, ma belle biche, fais comme moi, envoie ton mari à l'ecole de l'Arithméthique et fais lui apprendre la Multipplication. And you cry over that, my beautiful doe, do like me, send your husband to the school of Arithmethics and teach him Multiplication. 10. Il vaut mieux s'adresser à Dieu qu'à ses Saints. It is better to address God than to his Saints. 11. Faire venir l'eau à la bouche! Make your mouth water! 12. Mordre à l'Hameçon! Take the bait! 13. Qui aime Bertrand, aime son Chien. Who loves Bertrand, loves his Dog. 14. Que le mari soit vieux, repoussant comme le diable, ou qu'il dépense tout son bien au litre, sa femme doit le traiter comme son mâitre, son Souverain, son Dieu!! Si son mari s'absente, elle doit jeuner, coucher sur la terre, et s'abstenir de toute toilette, il n'y a pas d'autre Dieu sur la terre pour une creature féminine que son mari. Whether the husband is old, repulsive as the devil, or spends all his wealth by the liter, his wife must treat him as her master, her Sovereign, her God!! If her husband is absent, she must fast, sleep on the earth, and abstain from any toilet, there is no other God on earth for a female creature than her husband. 15. Faire le Chien couchant. Do the Sleeping Dog. 16. Tout Chien qui aboie, ne mord pas. Any dog that barks does not bite. 17. Ah! Ah! V'la le beau Monsieur à cheval et sa Dame qui sortent de leur chateau, font ils leur tête!! Ne les insulte point, Paillard, tu ne sais pas, ce que tu peux devenir. Ah! Ah! Here is the handsome gentleman on horseback and his lady coming out of their castle, are they acting up!! Don't insult them, Paillard, you don't know what you can become. 18. .Oh! c'est tout au plus si vous avez quatre pieds. C'est vrai mon cher ami, la votre en a un, qui en vaut quatre. .Oh! it's at most if you have four feet. It's true my dear friend, yours has one, which is worth four.…