Edmond HARAUCOURT

First edition.
This issue comprises 4 pages and is illustrated with a drawing by Adolphe Willette.
Literary contributions by Emile Goudeau "L'avenir est aux louches", Constant Chanouard "Grisel l'ouverrier", Charles Pitou, Léo Trezenik "Un ivrogne", Paul Arène "Mistral parisien", Edmond Haraucourt "Brune"...
Handsome copy.
Le Chat noir is a weekly review created by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau, published from 1882 to 1897, with the aim of promoting the famous cabaret of the same name, serving as its memory. It published texts recited during performances. It is, moreover, an important literary and artistic testimony of the late nineteenth century, centered around bohemian life and the Parisian effervescence that characterized it.

First Edition printed, in two parts, on laid to 200 copies numbered and initialed by the author, ours a copy of the second tranche, only draw after 12 Japan.
Binding half morocco old rose corners, back with five nerves, golden tail date, piece of red morocco title, marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers (with angular restorations) preserved, corners slightly blunted, gilded head, binding signed Bernasconi.
The work is also embellished with an engraved portrait of Edmond Haraucourt pasted on a guard.
Nice and rare copy.
Precious autograph signed by Edmond Haraucourt: "A Félicien Champsaur in memory of the shaggy that did not gray again."
Our copy is enriched with an anonymous original watercolor (attributed to Georges Villa), on laid paper mounted on a tab, representing a kneeling woman gratifying a man standing a blowjob.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges.
Inscribed by Edmond Haraucourt to one of his friends, with an additional later inscription from Edmond Haraucourt to André Tudesq.
Gift inscription from André Tudesq in pen serving as bookplate.
Some light foxing.

L'Effort. La Madone. – L'Antéchrist. – L'Immortalité. – La Fin du monde First edition printed in 180 numbered copies on Arches paper and adorned with original Symbolist illustrations and Art Nouveau by Léon Rudnicki, Alexandre Lunois, Carlos Schwabe and Alexandre Séon, our copy was printed especially for Louis Bourdery.
Full brown shagreen binding, spine with gilt compartments adorned with gilt borders, gilt roll-tooling on the spine-ends, small signs of rubbing on the spine, boards decorated with triple gilt fillet framing as well as gilt decorative tools as a reminder of the clasps on medieval works, marbled endpapers, preserved illustrated covers and spine, floral gilt motifs to the upper and lower leading edges, contemporary binding.
The beautiful cover, the half title pages, as well as the nominative page, were entirely illustrated by Léon Rudnicki and colored by stencil.
La Madone is illustrated on each page using color lithography by Alexandre Lunois (17 compositions in total, of which the first is full-page).
L'Antéchrist decorated by Eugène Courbouin with 38 outline illustrations painted with watercolors, of which the first is full-page.
L'Immortalité is illustrated by 31 floral compositions colored by stencil on the line by Carlos Schwabe, with the exception of 10 leaves engraved by Massé.
La Fin du Monde is illustrated by 47 black die stamp drawings by Alexandre Séon.
Splendid Symbolist and Art Nouveau work designed by Octave Uzanne.

First edition on current paper, there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding half black shagreen, back with five nerves set with gilded nets decorated with golden floral motifs, golden initials of the dedicatee tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, Contemporary binding.
Illustrated book with a portrait of the author frontispiece.
Rare foxing, a tiny marginal tear at the top of the first page of the text.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Edmond Haraucourt to Jean Hanoteau.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on Holland paper.
Speeches by P. Bourget and E. Haraucourt, with autograph inscription signed by the latter.
Work illustrated with 3 photographic reproductions of portraits of G. Flaubert.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, foxing to endpapers, first endpaper marginally stained, occasional light foxing.