signed first edition
1893 · Paris
by Mucha, Alphonse ; Manuel, Eugene
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1893. First illustrated edition. Mucha, Alphonse. Original decorated wrappers. Corner clipped from front free endpaper, otherwise a very nice copy. Cover design and 14 illustrations after paintings by Mucha. Copy 6 of 75 printed on japon, the tirage de tête, from a total edition of 200. Inscribed by the author "au cher Maître Alexandre Dumas, de l'Académie Française, un puissant et inpeccable moraliste....." (Inventory #: 5115)