VALBEL (Horace). Les Chansonniers et les Cabarets artistique - Lot 138

VALBEL (Horace). Les Chansonniers et les Cabarets artistiques. Drawings by Alfred Le Petit. Preface by Clovis Hughes. P., Dentu, s. d., (circa 1895). In-12, Bradel green half-maroq, ornate mosaic spine with black cat, mask and mandolin, corners, gilt head, nr, ill. covers (Ch. Meunier). ONE OF THE VERY RARE EXEMPLES ON CHINESE PAPER, numbered and signed by the author. - Interesting illustrated volume on the Cabarets and Chansonniers of the "Belle époque": Les Indépendants - Le Chat Noir - Les 4 Z'Arts - Le Mirliton - Le Carillon - M. Boukay - Xanrof - X. Privas - Salis - P. Delmet - V. Hyspa - Botrel - M. Le-Gay - Bruant A very fine copy, beautifully bound in the period by Ch. Meunier. Provenance : - Bibliothèque Maurice Méric (ex-libris).