FILS DU PÈRE DUCHÊNE (Le) illustré, published twice a week. S.l., [1879]. Together 10 issues large in-8, from n°1 (1er floréal an 79) to n°10 (4 prairial an 79), in sheets. Lemonnyer, Les Journaux de Paris, p. 29. - Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 31. Complete collection of this satirical newspaper written by A. Spoll, in the vein of the famous Père Duchêne published during the French Revolution. Each issue features a color cartoon charge on the front page; that of the first issue depicts Père Duchêne's son, with a pickaxe on his shoulder, climbing a ladder to debunk the statue of Napoleon at the top of the Vendôme column. Top edge of n°10 frayed.

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