La Plume. Revue Littéraire artistique et sociale. Année 1898 complète en 24 livraisons

First edition of the final year edited by Léon Deschamps, founder of this magazine which gave a predominant place to the visual arts. 24 issues gathered here including the exceptional number devoted to Alexandre Falguière.
Publisher's binding in full fir green cloth, smooth spine, red shagreen title label, gilt floral motif, blind fillets on boards.
The cover of the first issue, illustrated by Mucha, is bound at the head of the volume.
Contributions by Théophile Gautier, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Karl Boès, Adolphe Retté, Francis Jammes, Victor Margueritte, Ernest Raynaud, Stuart Merrill, etc... Numerous illustrations including a watercolored frontispiece by Eugène Grasset and drawings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Alfons Mucha, Alexandre Falguière, Vivant-Denon, Willette, Jossot, André des Gachons, Ferdinand Cazals, Henri Detouche, James Ensor... The frontispiece by Emile Berchmans announced on the title page is not present in our copy. Table and index at end of volume.
Manuscript dedication by a former owner on the endpaper.
Tiny tear on the front board, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.