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VARIOUS ARTISTS LE RIRE. 8 bound volumes, uncollated. 1894-191. Each approximately 12x9 inches, 30 1/2x23 cm. Condition varies, generally A / A-. Le Rire was the quintessential Parisian fin-de-siècle humor magazine. It was profusely illustrated with black-and-white and color illustrations by many of the great French poster artists such as Felix Valloton, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Leonetto Cappiello, Adolphe Willette, J. L. Forain, Hermann-Paul, Steinlen and many others. It was founded in 1894 by the publisher Felix Juven and the art critic Arsène Alexandre, and became immensely popular. With a few interruptions, the magazine was published through 1979. However, the first 10 years of its existence are the most spectacular and the most artistically interesting. This group contains 1894-95, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1900-01 and 1901.
