CHAM (Amédée de Noé, known as). Twelve Comic Years (1868–187 - Lot 42

CHAM (Amédée de Noé, known as). Twelve Comic Years (1868–1879). CHAM (Amédée de Noé, known as) (1818–1879). Twelve Years of Satire (1868–1879). Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1880. A significant posthumous collection of drawings published by Cham during the last twelve years of his career. One of the great French caricaturists of the 19th century and a regular contributor to *Le Charivari*, he offers a satirical view of society during the waning years of the Second Empire and the early days of the Third Republic. The book brings together nearly a thousand engravings that use incisive humor to illustrate bourgeois mores, Parisian life, politics, the army, social transformations, and the foibles of his era. A true visual chronicle of France from 1868 to 1879, this volume is one of the most comprehensive collections dedicated to the artist. Large quarto, publisher’s romantic cardboard binding with gilt decoration. Numerous illustrations in the text. Very worn copy: open joints, broken stitching, loose sections, wear and tears on the binding.