FORAIN (Jean-Louis). Rires et Grimaces. Twenty drawings by J - Lot 86

FORAIN (Jean-Louis). Rires et Grimaces. Twenty drawings by J.-L. Forain, woodcut by Florian. P., Baschet, s.d. (circa 1890). In-4, Bradel red half-perc. untrimmed, ill. cover (Carayon). FIRST PRINTING. One of 50 numbered copies on China paper, containing the cover before the letter and two states of the engravings (before and with the letter), to which has been attached an album, same condition, containing the complete series of fumés printed on japon pelure, of remarkable quality. Provenance : - Bibliothèque du Président Mercier (ex-libris). Joint : - Le Fifre. P., 1889. Fifteen nos in fol., Bradel half-perc. with corners. COMPLETE COLLECTION of this journal edited by Forain and illustrated with numerous drawings by this master, most of them out-of-text and full-page. Texts by J. Richepin, A. Scholl, P. Hervieu. - La Vie. P., Juven, 1897. Br. one of 50 on japon impérial. Set of 4 vols.