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C. BLOCQUEL SIÈGE DE PARIS (1870-1871)
Menu du Grand diner Parisien. Engraving on paper, signed in the plate. J. CLAVI, printer, Félix Jean GAUCHARD, engraver. Tearing, pitting. In a period lacquered wood frame decorated with oak leaves. 49 x 35 cm. Famous humorous menu displaying wild animals from the menagerie of the Jardin des Plantes and domestic animals consumed during the famine of the siege of Paris.
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