LEMERCIER DE NEUVILLE (Louis). Théâtre des Pupazzi. Lyon, N. - Lot 147

LEMERCIER DE NEUVILLE (Louis). Théâtre des Pupazzi. Lyon, N. Scheuring éditeur, 1876; in-8 (22x15 cm), red morocco (1st plate rubbed), triple gilt fillet framing on boards, ribbed spine, 4 small central black mosaic oval circles, ornamented with gilt small irons, between the nerves, green morocco pieces: author-title, city-date, wide gilt entelle framing on contreplats, gilt edges. Ornate front cover (XXVI-411-(3) pages. Portrait, 18 vignettes published in 1866 and 1869. Lemercier de Neuville was a French puppeteer, journalist, columnist, playwright and storyteller (1830-1918); in 1860, he created a portable pupazzi theater, performing contemporary famous men by caricaturing them as cardboard characters. Bound by Masson-Debonelle.