first edition Hardcover
1900 · Paris
by Gerbault, Henry
Paris: H. Simonis Empis, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter maroon morocco and matching cloth, marbled endpapers. Fine. Gerbault, Henry. 3 text pages. Folio, 46 x 27.5 cm. 25 leaves printed recto only -- color engraved satiric plates, with text in French, some polite risqué nudity contemporary of the period. The author, water color painter, and poster artist was a nephew of Sully Prodhomme. His illustrations also appeared magazines: La Vie Parisienne, Fantasio, Le Rire, L'Art et la Mode and La Vie Moderne. Clean, fresh copy with plates bright.
(Inventory #: 23264)