Conjuring & Circus: - Bloomsbury Auctions

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123. Adam (Victor) [Le s sa Lt i m B a n q u e s], (Galerie Comique
no.24), lithograph by Aubert after Adam, text below, extracted
from “Le Charivari”, tear in upper margin repaired, [Paris, 1837]
§ “Que sortira-t-il de ce Gobelet” (La Papillote no.20), lithograph
of a cup, ball and wand, the top rising to reveal a standing figure
and a set of demands below the caption “Paix a tout prix”, torn
and repaired, [Paris, 1834?] § Gavarni (Paul) Devin, depicting
a fortune-teller with trumpet, browned, [c.1845]; Another copy,
uncoloured, extracted from “Le Charivari”; and three others, all
but the last mentioned coloured by hand, various sizes (7)
£150 - £200
124. Adam (Victor) ar r O n D i s s e m e n t D e Bay e u x, lithographed
costume plate after Adam depicting a conjuror performing with
cups and balls for a group of women, stained, 286mm. by 237mm.,
Paris, Auguste Bry, [c.1840]; Les Saltimbanques, lithograph
after Adam depicting the troupe set up for a performance, with a
pigtailed zany, a pierrot on a free-standing ladder and cups and
ball on a table, text below, slightly soiled, 131mm. by 179mm.,
[Paris, c.1840]; Another version, the same scene drawn in reverse,
numbered 15, 142mm. by 223mm., all coloured by hand, in paper
mounts. £150 - £200
Lot 125
125. Adam (Victor) Le s sa Lt i m B a n q u e s, [c.1840] § L’Escamoteur,
text below starting “Y aurai-il par hazard”, [c.1840] § Le Petit
Saltimbanque, (from “Les Enfants” by A de Saillet), Paris,
Desesserts, [1841?] § Messieurs! Madame! S’il vous plait,
depicting a boy organ grinder with monkey, [c.1850] § Quackdoctor,
illustration for the letter Q, titled in four languages, Mainz,
Jos.Scholz, [c.1850] § [Der Taschenspieler], illustration for the
letter T from “ Das deutsche ABC-Buch”, soiled, Stuttgart, [1869],
all lithographed and coloured by hand, the first and last in heavy
card mounts, various sizes (6) £200 - £300
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 126
126. Aubrey (Charles) Le ma L D e De n t (from Album Comique
de Pathologe Pittoresque), lithograph by Langlumé after Aubrey
depicting a sword-waving tooth puller, a table with cups and ball,
a ball vase and other apparatus on a table to one side, coloured by
hand, very slightly browned, 235mm. by 305mm., [Paris], Ambroise
Tardieu, [1823]. £125 - £175
Lot 127
127. B. (P.) On D i t, e t t O u t e s s e s i n f L u e n C e s, etched caricature
depicting a naked female figure drawing a wheeled frame containing
a standing male/female figure with cups on a tray, 236mm. by
286mm., [Paris?, c.1815]. £100 - £150