L'Assiette au beurre. Paris Schwarz 1902-1903 52 issues in 1 vol. in-4° (n.c., first issue detached, slightly browned). Cream percaline, smooth spine (jaws broken, cover soiled). N° 53-104 of this superb magazine of social and political caricature, resolutely committed to the left, photomechanically printed, mostly in color, sometimes on colored paper. Joint: [Villemessant, H. de] - Le masque de fer. Échos illustrés du Figaro. (Paris), Figaro office, 1878. In-f. (qqs rouss.). Publisher's Percaline signed Engel (spine and corners slightly rubbed). Profusely illustrated with caricatures by the owner of Figaro. (2 vols.)

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