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The Saint-Aubin ‘Livre de caricatures’
- Alternative title:
- drawing satire in eighteenth-century Paris
- Abstract:
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Out of public sight for over a hundred years, the Livre de caricatures tant bonnes que mauvaises is a remarkable work. This collection of comic and satirical drawings was created by a Parisian luxury embroiderer, Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, at a time of rigid press censorship to entertain a small group of family and friends. For today’s reader the Livre provides not only a series of richly imaginative and varied drawings, but also a fascinating and intriguing commentary ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Voltaire Foundation Publisher's website
- Publication date:
- 2017-11-30
- ISBN:
- 9780729410441
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- VF1:485
- Source identifiers:
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9780729410441
- Deposit date:
- 2017-11-30
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- Copyright holder:
- Voltaire Foundation
- Copyright date:
- 2012
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