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'Ombres chinoise' Seven plates in b/w.
by DEMBOUR ET GANGEL - METZ
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About This Item
Mostly European-themed Chinese shadow puppetry plates. Metz, Dembour et Gangel, n.d. (c. 1843); Seven plates (out of possibly ten published) (margins cut (size 29.5 x 40 cm.) and pasted on cardboard).
Dembour & Gangel were specialised in popular prints and imagery; founded in 1840 by Adrien-Népomucène Dembour and his associate Gangel in the city of Metz. In 1851 the printing house became Gangel and later Gangel frères et Didion.
Starting in 1843, Dembour & Gangel printed shadow puppetry in order for children to be able to learn and play with traditional and vernacular stories. They take the famous shows of Dominique Seraphin (Metz 1747-1800) as a basis thus evoking his success. Seraphin was the first to bring this type of entertainment from Germany to France and played his "Spectacle pour les enfans de France" in Versailles for the royal family from 1780.
These plates depict playful carnaval scenes and classical theatrical and story themes. They are to be To be cut out & articulated with cotton and brass threads and then animated by the means of light, shadow and storytelling. Some can be assembled to give the illusion of transformations.
The full scenarios and instructions are found in this book: "Le Séraphin de l'enfance : recueil de pièces d'ombres chinoises, dédiées à la jeunesse…", Dembour & Gangel, 1943.
Plates include the famous story of "Le pont Cassé" and Molière's "Le Malade imaginaire". Other themes include Comedia dell'Arte, animals, carnival, transportation, magical transformations and curses. Each plate contains descriptive information about the animals, objects or characters:
Marine: Boats, ships and fishes. "Dembour et Gangel, à Metz" "Propriété des éditeurs (déposé.) Nous poursuivrons les contrefacteurs".
Scènes de Forest: "Lion" "Tigre" "Hyène" "Girafe" " Hippopotame" " Dromadaire" "Eléphant"
Le Pont Cassé: "Le pont cassé" "Pierre le piocheur" "Eleonore" "Léandre" "Arlequin" "Les canards"
Le Malade Imaginaire, L'embarras du Ménage: "la mère françois" "scène d'ivrognes" "Diafoirus" "Pierrot" "Gamin de Paris"
La tentation de saint Antoine "Le démon mendiant" "Proserpine" "St Antoine" "l'ange"
Le Magicien: "Martin Le sec au gros ventre" "La bergère a la tête de chat" "Les précieux changés en ânes" "Le diable au mirroir" " Le magicien" "Une fontaine"
Le Grand carnaval de Venise: "Un facteur de diligence" "un décroteur" "voiture faisant suite au carnaval"
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- Seller
- Knuf Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 102621
- Title
- 'Ombres chinoise' Seven plates in b/w.
- Author
- DEMBOUR ET GANGEL - METZ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dembour & Gangel
- Place of Publication
- Metz
- Date Published
- c, 1843
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Knuf Rare Books
Knuf Rare books was founded in the 1950s by Frits Knuf in the Netherlands. After an apprenticeship with Frits I took over the firm in 1996 which we then moved to France in 2001 where we are still based. The business is run from our home in Lavardin, one of the most beautiful villages of France located in the Loire Valley, that can easily be reached from Paris. Visitors are most welcome, but by appointment please. I am interested in the History of the Book and have a good inventory of rare and uncommon printed books, ephemeral items, prints and manuscripts from the incunable period to the twentieth century. My stock is especially strong in early auction- and library catalogues, type specimens, continental printer’s and engravers manuals, calligraphy manuals. Another interest is early continental architecture books and early art auction catalogues. Every year I issue two fully illustrated and annotated printed catalogues that are sent out upon request. In addition to that I also send out short email lists every week with a selection of books about books from our stock. And of course, I exhibit at several major international book fairs, such as New York, Boston and Paris. We work mainly with institutional customers, and are happy to discuss special institutional requirements. I adhere strictly to the professional standards and code of conduct of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Syndicat national de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne (SLAM), and the Compagnie Nationale des Experts (CNE) to which I belong. I have been an international rare book dealer for over 25 years and am a member of the Nederlands Genootschap van Bibliofielen. If you want to buy or sell single books or whole collections, have an expert valuation or if would just like some advice, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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