Imagerie d’Epinal: Impossible Adventures and other Tales (60 color sheets) Humoristic Publishing Company, Kansas City, 1888. Very Fine. This full set of 60 sheets were printed circa 1888 expressly for the Humoristic Publishing Company, Kansas City. These are very early examples of cartoon art. Each sheet consists of a series of scenes - with English text below each panel - which tell a moral story and provide a fascinating view of mid-19th century morality.
Each sheet is printed on one side only and hand coloured in France. They were originally developed in France by Imagerie d’Epinal and 60 sheets were translated into English and published for the American market. One of the original French comic sheets became the first ever comic sold in America.
This is an unique opportunity to own all 60 sheets in the English language. Rarely do complete sets come on the market and even rarer in this condition. Most known sets exclude 10 of the sheets. This set INCLUDES these rare sheets (15-20, 23, 24, 47, 48) and all 60 sheets are in excellent condition with only very slight tears to the edges and very little sign of brittleness. 60 pages. Soft Cover Full Colour 12" x 16" (300mm x 400mm)
Highly Recommended. 60 color sheets of incredible comic strip history dated 1888. Click for large picture of one of the Sheets. Another Sheet, entitled Impossible Adventures. 
