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Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque
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Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque
An Album of 'Scherenschnitte' German paper cuts: including deer in a ruin; a bear hunt; riding and hunting scenes; children playing; acrobats walking on a tight rope; children dancing; a stagecoach; a farmer at work; Napoleon in profile; battle scenes; soldiers on the march and at war; the funeral of a soldier; and others
frontispiece signed as a cut out Illustre De Ben-jamin Constant, all cut-outs laid down on card, set into a cloth bound album
12 7/8in. (327mm.) high overall
An Album of 'Scherenschnitte' German paper cuts: including deer in a ruin; a bear hunt; riding and hunting scenes; children playing; acrobats walking on a tight rope; children dancing; a stagecoach; a farmer at work; Napoleon in profile; battle scenes; soldiers on the march and at war; the funeral of a soldier; and others
frontispiece signed as a cut out Illustre De Ben-jamin Constant, all cut-outs laid down on card, set into a cloth bound album
12 7/8in. (327mm.) high overall
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Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque was born in Lausane 1767 and died in Paris in 1830. He was known as a political writer.