MURGER, HENRI. Bohemian Life. 10 etchings by Charles-Louis Courtry in four states: one on bistre on Japan paper with remarques, one on papier de Chine mounted on plate paper, one on India paper mounted to Japanese vellum, and a final hand-colored set on Dutch paper (all bound in), lettered tissue guards. Thick 4to, fine binding by George Zabriskie in rose morocco with gilt floral borders and spine decoration, decorative floral inner dentelles with colored onlays over patterned silk center panel and facing endpapers, spine darkened, joints somewhat rubbed; all edges gilt and with a fore-edge painting, of a detail from the plate for Chapter 6, of Musette watering flowers in her dressing gown; custom buckram chemise with gilt spine label and linen slipcase. Copy number 4 of only 5 from the edition magnifique of Chefs d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain, this printed for Warren R. Fales but lacking the additional suite of plates finished in watercolors. A 3-page manuscript poem signed by Murger, in French, on folded 8vo blue stationery is laid in. This copy bears the bookplate of the binder, George Zabriskie which he inscribed to a C.G. Kraeger and is neatly tipped over the mounted bookplate of movie producer Adolph Zukor. Zabriskie was President of the New York Historical Society from 1939-1947 and honorary President from 1948 until his death in 1954. He was also a fine bookbinder and considered an expert in hand-finishing and -tooling. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1899