Description
FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF THE 10 FIRST EDITIONS ON CHINESE with black and bistre engravings.
Preface by Guy de Maupassant, letter from the Prince de Bibesco and illustrations by most of the great names of the period, including Manet which features a portrait of Pertuiset, probably inspired by Portrait of Mr PertuisetThe Lion Hunter, painted in 1881.
Jeanniot paints a portrait of Guy de Maupassant, who was also a fine shot.
Many other portraits by Berne-Bellecour, Albert Goelzer, Kauffmann, De Liphart, Mesplès, Du Paty, F. Régamey, Rochegrosse, Saintpierre, Serizier, Stéphen Jacob...
A handsome copy, soberly bound in the taste of the period, in full black cloth with small flaps.
Bound in full black cloth à la Bradel, smooth spine decorated with cold fillets, gilt title, small flaps, rubbed parchment cover (Goy et Vilaine). Washed, restorations.