CLEMENT-JANIN. Glimpses of Paris. P., Hessèle, 1911. Gr. in- - Lot 159

CLEMENT-JANIN. Glimpses of Paris. P., Hessèle, 1911. Gr. in-8, ff, ill. cover, publisher's bookplate. ISSUE OF 325 numbered copies. One of the finest books on Paris of this period, illustrated by Charles Heyman (1881-1915) with 21 original hors-texte etchings and 63 woodcut vignettes by P.-E. Vibert. ONE OF 25 EXEMPLIES ON CHINESE PAPER (this one in the name of Loÿs Delteil), containing two states of the etchings, the separate print run of the woodcuts and two original, stamped drawings, one of them large and lightly watercolored, in the format of the book. Enclosed are the book's illustrated prospectus, the publisher's address card engraved by Heyman and a superb proof on old greenish paper of the A. Barrier bookplate. Barrier bookplate.