(1867)
Roberts Brothers, Boston,
1867 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- [none]
- Pages
- 96
- On-sale Date
- 1866-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- Editing
- Robert Brothers
- Color
- black and white cover and interior
- Dimensions
- 13-3/4" tall x 11-7/16" wide
- Binding
- hardcover
Issue Notes
Dated 1867, but some copies were released for Christmas 1866 (including the copy indexed); collects both single panel cartoons and sequential stories.
Entire book available from gutenberg.org at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14550. Reprinted many times.
Entire book available from gutenberg.org at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14550. Reprinted many times.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
from 
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Grotesque sketches of 7 people and a row of dogs from various cartoons.
- Reprints
- from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Grotesque Sketches
cartoon / 4 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
Single panel cartoons
Pictures of Life in the Country
comic story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
Single panel cartoons
Life in the Provinces - History of an Invitation into the Country
comic story / 6 pages
- Synopsis
- A friend invites a city man to visit him in the country. The city man gets quickly bored, eventually writing his wife to send a letter saying she has died so he can diplomatically leave.
- Reprints
-
from Le Journal pour rire (Aubert, 1848 series) #55 (17 février 1849), #59 (17 mars 1849), #60 (24 mars 1849)
-
Indexer Notes
Victorian style comic (no word balloons; brief text beneath each picture)
Life in a Little Provincial Town
comic story / 8 pages
- Synopsis
- An infantry regiment is posted to a town, where the soldiers proceed to court the young ladies until their mothers become anxious to secure son-in-laws, upon which the warriors seek safety in flight.
- Reprints
- from Le Journal pour rire (Aubert, 1848 series) #54 (10 février 1849)
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
-
Indexer Notes
Victorian style comic (no word balloons; brief text beneath each picture)
Day Schools and Boarders
cartoon / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
New Year's Day
cartoon / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
At the Exhibition of Paintings
comic story / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- Budding artists at an exhibition of their paintings.
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
Victorian style comic (no word balloons; brief text beneath each picture)
People Who "Give Themselves Airs in Society"
cartoon / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
The Races
comic story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Consequences of the London Exhibition of 1862
comic story / 4 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Sketches in Paris
cartoon / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Prophecies Concerning the Future of the French People
comic story / 4 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Paris Out of Doors
cartoon / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Scenes in the Champs Elysées
cartoon / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Grotesque Sketches
cartoon / 4 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
The Tuileries Gardens
comic story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
The English in Paris
comic story / 4 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Extracts from Celebrated Authors
cartoon / 1 page
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
A Sale by Auction
cartoon / 1 page
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
one full page single panel cartoon
Scraps
cartoon / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Things We See and Hear
cartoon / 2 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Things That are Agreeable
cartoon / 1 page
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Sayings and Doings
cartoon / 1 page
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
The Collegians Again
comic story / 6 pages
- Reprints
- reprinted & translated from the "Journal pour Rire" (French)
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
The Waters of Baden
comic story / 8 pages
- Reprints
- from Le Journal pour rire (Aubert, 1848 series) #129 (20 juillet 1850), #131 (3 août 1850), #132 (9 août 1850), #133 (16 août 1850)
-
Indexer Notes
single panel cartoons
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
Two Hundred Sketches, Humorous and Grotesque
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Two Hundred Sketches, Humorous and Grotesque
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3.
Preface
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4.
Contents
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5.
Grotesque Sketches
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6.
Pictures of Life in the Country
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7.
Life in the Provinces - History of an Invitation into the Country
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8.
Life in a Little Provincial Town
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9.
Day Schools and Boarders
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10.
New Year's Day
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11.
At the Exhibition of Paintings
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12.
People Who "Give Themselves Airs in Society"
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13.
The Races
-
14.
Consequences of the London Exhibition of 1862
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15.
Sketches in Paris
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16.
Prophecies Concerning the Future of the French People
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17.
Paris Out of Doors
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18.
Scenes in the Champs Elysées
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19.
Grotesque Sketches
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20.
The Tuileries Gardens
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21.
The English in Paris
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22.
Extracts from Celebrated Authors
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23.
A Sale by Auction
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24.
Scraps
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25.
Things We See and Hear
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26.
Things That are Agreeable
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27.
Sayings and Doings
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28.
The Collegians Again
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29.
The Waters of Baden
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Mark Q
- Per Sandell
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