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La correctionelle, petites causes célèbres. Etudes de moeurs populaires au dix-nuevième siècle.

Lithograph(s) by: Paul Gavarni (Hippolyte Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier) (French, 1804–1866)
Publisher: P. Martinon (French, 19th century)
Publisher: Juste Bourmancé (French, 19th century)
Printer: Coulon (French, 19th century)
Printer: Thierry frères (French, 19th century)
1840
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated journal with 100 lithographs and numerous wood engravings
Dimensions Overall: 28.8 x 23.4 x 4.2 cm (11 5/16 x 9 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Canner
Accession Number65.1226
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Chez Martinon, 1840

Catalogue Raisonné Not in A & B
Description(Paris: Chez Martinon, 1840) Quarto; [2 ff.] 403 pp., plus original publisher's printed covers; nineteenth-century half gilt-stamped green morocco, marbled paper boards.

Satirical illustrations of daily life, often focussed on the legal system.
Provenance1965, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Canner to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 1965)