[André] Rouveyre

Carcasses Divines: Portraits & Monographies Dessinés par Rouveyre, 1906 & 1907 [Cover subtitle: Dessins Inédits] [Inscribed and Signed to François Coppée]

Paris: Jean Bosc et Co., 1907. Very Good. Item #21314

Paris: Jean Bosc & Co., 1907. First Edition Limited to 200 copies on "papier velin des manufactures d'Arches," of which this is no. 25. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial wrappers printed in brown and black; [6]pp. & 54 + xxxv ll. of plates printed on rectos only. Wrapper extremities a bit worn and darkened, light foxing along upper cover fore-edge, else Very Good, internally fine.

Inscribed by the artist on half title: "Hommage à François Coppée / Rouveyre." Additionally signed on colophon. Rouveyre's caricature of the French man-of-letters François Coppée is the third in this collection, preceding his death by just a year. Few eminent literary and artistic figures escape Rouveyre's acerbic treatment in this collection, which includes Anatole France, Sarah Bernhardt, and the Pope.

Price: $300.00