Illyustrirovannaya Istoriya Karikatury S Drevnejshih Vremen Do Nashih Dnej

"Istoriya karikatury - eto, v nekotorom rode, vsemirnaya istoriya v epigrammah, istoriya kultury, sostavlennaya po originalnym sovremennym dokumentam. My ne zadaemsya tselyu napisat suhoj, filosofsko-nauchnyj traktat o haraktere yumora v raznye veka i u raznyh narodov, a prosto hotim nabrosat krupnymi shtrihami kartinu razvitiya hudozhestvennoj satiry.Pered glazami chitatelya projdut opredelennye momenty istorii, vosstanut vse znachitelnye shvatki i bitvy chelovechestva, promelknut vse lyudskie strasti: gore i radosti, pobedy i porazheniya, schaste i otchayanie, - tak kak vse eto obnimaet karikatura" This book, "Illyustrirovannaya istoriya karikatury s drevnejshih vremen do nashih dnej", by A.V. Shvyrov, is a replication of a book originally published before 1903. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.