Scrap-Book of Over 80 Chromolithographs by Faustin Betbeder Faustin Betbeder
No Edition Remarks. No dust jacket. Red cloth scrapbook with gilt lettering to front, and handwritten label 'Figaro Sketches'. Stamp of Sir Geo. Armytage to front endpaper. Contains over 80 colour lithographs by Faustin. Some annotated with subsequent titles of those depicted. Clippings to two pages state 'Figaro's London Sketch-Book of Celebrities', although some lithographs may be from other publications. Subjects include Disraeli, Queen Victoria, Leopold of Belgium, Darwin and monkey, various MPs, and others. Pages and lithographs have some heavy foxing, liquid stains, annotations, glue traces, mild surface tears, creases and other marks. Various newspaper clippings pasted in and loosely enclosed. Inscription and bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Some gutter cracking with some pages removed. Front hinge cracked. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Rubbed and marked with some faint stains. Handwritten label notab