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Album fantastique de boîtes d'allumettes, collection Roche

Title
Album fantastique de boîtes d'allumettes, collection Roche [graphic]
Publication
[ca. 1875]

Details

Additional Authors
  • Roche.
  • Lith. marseillaise.
Description
1 album (533 chromolithographs); 26 x 37 cm.
Alternative Title
Collection Roche
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Chromolithographs – France – 19th century.
  • Drawings – France – 19th century.
  • Watercolors – France – 19th century.
Note
  • Title from cover.
  • Disbound album consisting of cover and 35 leaves, on each of which are mounted between 7 and 26 chromolithographed matchbox labels, many with legends in French or Italian. Some labels signed: Lith. marseillaise.
  • Letters composing title formed in part from grotesque human and animal figures; several are smoking pipes.
  • Each leaf is illustrated with ornamental watercolor border, often containing several watercolor drawings: portraits, caricatures, landscapes, etc.
Call Number
Arents 95-559
OCLC
NYPG95-F291
Title
Album fantastique de boîtes d'allumettes, collection Roche [graphic]
Imprint
[ca. 1875]
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Added Author
Roche. Collector
Lith. marseillaise.
Research Call Number
Arents 95-559
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