Nov 24, 2015 - Sale 2400

Sale 2400 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(CURIOSA.) Uzanne, Octave. Féminies: huit chapitres inédits dévoués a la Femme, à l'Amour, à la Beauté. Frontispiece and 8 plates in two states, colored and uncolored with remarques, by Félicien Rops, engraved by Helle, Fornet and Masse; decorative borders and vignettes by Rudnicki. Literary contributions by Gyp, Abel Hermant, Henri Lavedan, Marcel Schwob and Uzanne. Tall 8vo, plain 1/4 vellum with gilt-lettered green calf spine label, moderate rubbing and soiling; original color pictorial wrappers bound in. a beautiful fin-de siècle work. number 101 of 183 copies reserved for members of "Bibliophiles Contemporains," this copy press-dedicated to George Maxwell. Exsteens 826-833. Paris: Académie des Beaux Livres, 1896