Gavarni (Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier). 1804-1886.

L'amant et le dictionnaire des rimes. (The Lover and the Rhyming Dictionary) July 7, 1839. Lithograph. 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 (image), 10 1/3 x 9 (border), 14 5/8 x 10 (sheet). A find impression printed on newsprint as published in Le Charivari. Good condition apart from a center fold. Signed in reverse in the stone. $175. A charming parody on amateur poets: (Lamant): Nymphes des Bois, connaissez vous Adèle? (Le Dictionnaire des Rimes): Adèle! Pastourelle, charnelle, onzelle, matétielle, récelle, sempiternelle, femelle....Qu'elle demoiselle! The comparisons become increasingly less flattering.

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