Gabriel MONTOYA

First edition decorated with numerous illustrations in the text, with mention of second edition.
Bradel binding in half green cloth, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at tail, brown shagreen title label with slight scratches, almond green marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Gabriel Montoya, star performer of Rodolphe Salis's Chat Noir and later inept administrator of the Quat'z-arts which he took over in 1910: "A mon vieil ami Joseph Uzanne, en souvenir des bonnes soirées de La Plume, très cordialement j'offre ce volume." ["To my old friend Joseph

first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding to bradel half caramel shagreen, back with four nerves purposes decorated with gilded floral motifs, double gilt fillets on marbled paper plates, names of authors and the publisher, under the golden book in the margins of the first flat , guards and contreplats of handmade paper, wrappers preserved and bound in.
Bel autograph signed by Gabriel Montoya Henri Beraud director of the publishing house of "Swell."
Provenance: the Henri Beraud rétaise library.