Eugène CARRIÈRE

Edition illustrated with 35 original compositions by Auguste Rodin, Eugène Carrière, Adolphe Willette, Daniel Vierge, Louis Dunki and Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, one of 10 numbered copies on China.
A pleasant copy.
Binding in full, long-grain, red morocco, spine decorated with triple gilt fillets and black typographical motifs, gilt roll tooling on the spine-ends, frame of quadruple gilt fillets adorned with gilt and black fleurons in the corner pieces of the boards, marbled endpapers, frame of gilt lace tooling on the pastedown endpapers, covers and spine preserved, gilt fillets on the leading edges, top edge gilt.
A very beautiful, perfectly set, copy of this work published in honour of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Victor Hugo.

First edition, one of the copies on Japon.
Texts by Jules Renard, Anatole France, Sully-Prudhomme, Gustave Geffroy, Louis Tynaire, Gabriel Séailles, René Binet, Georges Renard...
Lithographed or wood-engraved illustrations in red and black by Eugène Carrière, Félix Régamey, Carlos Schwabe, Georges Rochegrosse, Alfred Lenoir, Auguste and Georges Leroux, Daniel Vierge, Charles Fouqueray, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Lucien Vogel, Charles Léandre, Henri Fantin-Latour, Eugène Grasset, Alexandre Lunois, Georges Scott...
Bradel binding in full paper, palladium title on smooth spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge palladium.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

Edition printed on pure Lafuma thread paper and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Eugène Carrière engraved by Paul Bornet
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with gilt and blind typographic motifs, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, lower corners slightly bumped.
Handsome copy.

Autograph letter signed by Eugène Carrière. Appointment at the ministry in favor of a request for Gustave Geoffroy, art critic, in company with Rodin and Goncourt. Carrière would later paint, in 1898, the portrait of journalist and art critic Gustave Geffroy.
Letter written on a sheet of kraft paper, in black ink, originally folded in 4.

First edition, one of the first issue copies numbered to the press, there is no mention of leading copies.
Braid binding in half gray percaline mouse, smooth back decorated with a golden floral pattern, double golden net tail, flat marbled paper, cover preserved, Contemporary binding.
Autograph signed by Charles Morice to Léon Riotor.
Illustrated book, frontispiece, a portrait of Eugène Carrière by himself.

Edition illustrated, frontispiece, an etching of Eugène Carrière engraved by Félix Bracquemond.
Signed autograph Jean Dolent Charles Martel: "... let us learn the words ..."
Pleasant copy fragile parchment flawless coverage.

New illustrated edition, in frontispiece, of a lithography of Eugène Carrière.
Signed autograph of Jean Dolent to Octave Maus: "... in memory of February 1896 ..."
Binding half red canvas, smooth back with two light snags in the foot, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers.
Jean Dolent business card pasted below his autograph.