An extremely scarce set of 30 avant la lettre proofs (3 different proofs for each of the 10 subjects) printed in black on cream laid and wove papers, 1882. Each aside from the published deluxe, avant la lettre edition. Including 10 proofs of each of the subjects with uncleaned lower margins on thin, cream laid ledger paper; 10 proofs of each of the subjects with cleaned lower margins on cream laid paper; and 10 proofs of each of the subjects with cleaned lower margins on cream wove paper. Superb impressions of these scarce, early proofs. Wentworth 62-71.
(illustrating the same-titled novel by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt).
