NAPOLEON III — THE ILLUSTRATED ADVENTURES — PLATE 1 - Lot 241

NAPOLEON III — THE ILLUSTRATED ADVENTURES — PLATE 1 TALONS (Octave-Émile). The Illustrated (If Not Illustrious) Adventures of Louis Verhuel, Known as Bonaparte. Plate 1. Paris, distributed and sold by Imprimerie Talons, 19 Place du Marché Saint-Honoré, [1870–1871]. Colored lithograph composed of eight vignettes satirizing the youth and early political adventures of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, the future Napoleon III: Hortense’s return, “The Prediction,” his stay in Switzerland and Tuscany, the duel, Romagna, etc. First sheet of a complete three-sheet series, cataloged by the BnF; the entire set was published at the Talons printing house. BnF Catalog Condition: generally good condition; paper slightly yellowed, with small stains and minor wear along the edges.

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