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”Those Who Make Us Laugh” - Collection of Issues - Émile Zola - Ceux qui font rire (”Those Who Make Us Laugh”) - a literary-humorous publication issued in Paris once every two weeks during 1912-1913. Presented here is a collection of 8 issues, including an issue devoted, among other things, to the humorous works of the renowned French writer Émile Zola. Issues: 1912, months: July, November, December. 1913, months: February, March, April, June, May. Ceux qui font rire (”Those Who Make Us Laugh”) was published once every two weeks during 1912-1913 by the Parisian publisher Albert Méricant. The series appeared in a biweekly format as illustrated booklets of popular literature, each comprising approximately 60 pages. Each issue focused on humorous stories by some of the finest French authors - including Alphonse Allais, Edmond About, Jean Aicard, Paul Arène, George Auriol, Émile Bergerat, Tristan Bernard, Rodolphe Bringer, Cami, Alfred Capus, Miguel de Cervantes, Eugène Chavette, Georges Courteline, Maurice Curnonsky, Alphonse Daudet, Charles Dickens, Maurice Donnay, Roland Dorgelès, Henri Duvernois, and others. The collection of issues presented here includes, among others, an issue published on November 15, 1912, devoted to the humorous works of Émile Zola. The issues included short stories, jokes and humorous pieces, poems and rhymes, anecdotes, social satire, caricatures and illustrations, as well as parodies of literary genres. The cover illustrations and interior illustrations in many of the booklets in the series were created by the renowned French-Spanish illustrator and caricaturist Joaquín Xaudaró, who lived and worked in Paris. All of the covers were printed in color. Complete issues. Overall good condition. Wear and minor tears to the spines of the issues.