Jules RAIS, Léon RUFFE
L'Image : revue artistique et littéraire ornée de figures sur bois
Floury|décembre 1896-décembre 1897 (le mois de novembre n'est pas paru)|23 x 31 cm|13 numéros en feuilles sous couvertures le tout sous une chemise
One of 100 copies of the magazine printed on China paper for issues 1 to 11. The specimen issue and no. 12 are on laid paper. Our copy is complete with the spine and covers of the general binding, and the twelve illustrated covers.
First edition of the complete collection of L'image, published between 1896 and 1897.
All issues of the magazine are bound together under a half sheep binding with corners, spine with five raised bands titled in gilt, marbled paper boards. Some rubbing.
Scattered foxing and marginal tears.
Complete copy of this magazine founded by the young French corporation of wood engravers, and published by the publisher of Toulouse-Lautrec's lithographs (Au pied du Sinaï, Histoires naturelles, Café-Concert).
€2,300