Conjuring & Circus: - Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 274
274. Le Petit (Alfred) and Pépin. fi v e issues O f “Le gr e L O t”, the
first pages with coloured illustrations: L’Evangile selon Sait Marc;
La Carte Forcée, both by Alfred Le Petit; Allez! Passez Muscades;
Le Tour Eiffel; Ira-t-il en Russie, by Pépin, in heavy card mounts,
large folio, Paris, 1872-1897. £200 - £300
Lot 275
275. Marquet (G.) and others. a C O L L e C t i O n O f i L L u s t r at i O n s
extracted from French periodicals, including “L’Escamoteur”by G.
Marquet; “Un Prestidigitateur chez Frascati sous la Restauration”,
by Bac; and a group of performing animals by Albertius, all three
coloured plates; a wood-engraved reproduction of “L’Esacamoteur”
by J.-L. Hamon; performances by M. Faure Nicolay and Pradier
le bâtoniste; “Le Journal La Presse” ( a split personality performer
with cups); and others, about 150 leaves and illustrations in all,
various sizes, in case. £150 - £200
Lot 276
276. Mercier (Philippe) [L’es C a m O t e u r], engraving by François
Ravenet after Mercier, cut down to image; Another version,
attributed to Watteau, in reverse § Anon. A moi la première partie!
A moi la Dernière!!, lithographed sheet with various illustrations
including Louis-Philippe and a woman representing France, both
performing with cups and a miniature figure of each other, [1848?]
§ Bertall [Charles Albert d’Arnoux] Trois petits millions, s’il
vous plait, (in “Le Journal pour Rire”), 1850 § Rosambeaud (E.)
Un Habile Prestidigitateur, depicting Thiers with various pieces of
apparatus, coloured by hand, [Paris, 1870?] § Le Rasoir no.199,
depicting a monk producing a church from under a cup, 1877 §
Vautier (B.) Le Prestidigitateur Ambulant, double-page illustration
in “L’Illustration Européenne”, 1889 § Massanis (P.) Taskspelaran,
(from the “Illustrerad Family-Journal), 1890 § Aspect de la Place
de la Bastille un Dimanche de Novembre, (from “Le Journal
Illustré”) [c.1890] § The Jugglers, photogravure after Jean Lous
Hamon, [c.1900], and others, arranged in 81 heavy card mounts, in
five fitted cases. £200 - £300