Title from La Combe.
Individual plates signed by Charlet within the image; publisher identified on most plates as "Chez Gihaut frères"; some plates lettered "Lith. de Villain" or "lith. de Gihaut frères".
Published set of lithographs consisting of an illustrated lithographic frontispiece plate with the date "1827", and 19 plates chiefly featuring scenes of French soldiers, children, village life, and members of the poor and working classes.
Comprises plates 80-99 of v. 2 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Library's copy has plate no. 14 (La Combe 675) in a proof state before numbering, with caption beginning: Brandt! un Français est un Français ...; the plate identified by La Combe as number 9 of the set (La Combe 670) is here numbered "6"; the plate identified as number 18 of the set (La Combe 679) is here numbered "12".
Frontispiece: Débit d'albums avec procédés nouveaux. 1827