Ernest, ou le Peteit Robinson, Conte, avec Gravures … Cinquième Édition.
Paris: Aug. Legrand & A. S. Letaille, 1822. 16mo (4 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches; 120 x 85 mm). 9 cut-out figures and 2 heads, all engraved, hand-colored and loosely inserted, as issued. Original paper wrappers with engraved paper title label on upper cover, later board slipcase covered with old paper. Condition : wrappers a bit rubbed, slipcase repaired. a delightful and rare toy book, relating the robinson crusoe-esque adventures of ernest. With nine paper dolls showing him as a young student, classical actor, fighting an English sailor, as a pirate's slave, shipwrecked (à la Robinson Crusoe), etc. Cf. Gumuchian 2004 (1822, 4th edition: "Un des plus rare livres à découpures").
Ernest, ou le Peteit Robinson, Conte, avec Gravures … Cinquième Édition.
Paris: Aug. Legrand & A. S. Letaille, 1822. 16mo (4 3/4 x 3 3/8 inches; 120 x 85 mm). 9 cut-out figures and 2 heads, all engraved, hand-colored and loosely inserted, as issued. Original paper wrappers with engraved paper title label on upper cover, later board slipcase covered with old paper. Condition : wrappers a bit rubbed, slipcase repaired. a delightful and rare toy book, relating the robinson crusoe-esque adventures of ernest. With nine paper dolls showing him as a young student, classical actor, fighting an English sailor, as a pirate's slave, shipwrecked (à la Robinson Crusoe), etc. Cf. Gumuchian 2004 (1822, 4th edition: "Un des plus rare livres à découpures").
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