IMAGES D’ÉPINAL Composed for Boys No. 1, Imagerie PELLERIN, 1900 Album d'Images d'Épinal - Composed Specially for Boys (No. 2) 1900. 29x40 cm 900g The book includes 50 plates telling a story in the form of boxes "An image d'Épinal is a print with a popular subject and bright colors. The imagery employed craftsmen engravers on wood, on metal, then on lithographic stone, illuminators, designers and caricaturists. Formerly sold by peddlers, the images d'Épinal owe their name to Jean-Charles Pellerin, who was the first printer to mass-produce this type of image, and who lived in the town of the same name." They are considered an ancestor of the comic strip Condition: book in average condition, presence of small holes (see photos) Period: 1900 to 1960 Name: Album images d'Epinal.