Satire Le Tintamarre weekly French satirical journal 1883

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Le Tintamarre
French satirical weekly, year 1883, 48 × 33 cm, demi-cuir binding (half‑leather), 42nd year, 8 pp. per week, some reddish hues.

Le Tintamarre is a French satirical weekly published between 1843 and 1899. After an initial issue appearing on 19 March 1843, Le Tintamarre was definitively launched on the following 2 April by Jules Lovy and Auguste Commerson, respectively editor‑in‑chief and director.

The title, a familiar synonym for “noise,” was chosen for its resemblance to a previous Commerson publication, Le Tam‑Tam. Its subtitle, “critique de la réclame, satire des puffistes,” announces the humorous and impertinent ambition of its columns, where witty and fanciful texts on contemporary literary, artistic and industrial novelties sit alongside advertising notices.
Most articles are signed with pen names; Lovy and Commerson, for example, share the pseudonym—or rather heteronym—of “Joseph Citrouillard.”
In 1850, its circulation was 2 300 copies.
Co‑owner of the newspaper with Commerson since 1868, Léon Bienvenu, known as Touchatout, became its owner as well as director‑editor‑in‑chief in March 1872.
During the 1890s the newspaper’s publication became irregular and then ceased definitively on 31 December 1899, after fifty‑nine years of publication and 2 672 issues.
Despite the rarity of its humorous drawings, the Tintamarre is considered by historian Bertrand Joly as “the most direct ancestor of the Canard enchaîné.”