Les Gens de Justice. Original lithographs sur blanc. First editions.
Paris: Aubert & Cie. 1845-1848. A suite of 38 lithographs on wove paper without verso text. Delteil, 1337-1374.
Images: 9 1/2 by 7 1/2 in. (24.1 by 19.1 cm.) Uniformly framed. This collection includes the 37 published ones in the series and the unpublished one Delteil 1362, no. 26. From the collection of the celebrated Wall Street attorney Robert S. Pirie. The illustration shows the lithographs on the staircase in situ at his Greenwich Village townhouse. Pirie was a member of the family who owned the famous namesake Chicago department store chain and was educated at Harvard. He was also the foremost collector of 17th Century English literature. Item #51-1018
Price: $60,000.00