Revue Franco-Américaine N°1

(COLLECTIVE)
Stéphane MALLARMé
Prince PONIATOWSKI
Léon TOLSTOI
Alphonse DAUDET
Marcel SCHWOB
Jules RENARD
R. de MONTESQUIOU
Camille MAUCLAIR Tristan BERNARD
Maurice LEBLANC
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Paul-César HELLEU
CARAN D'ACHE
Félix VALLOTTON
Jean-Louis FORAIN
Eugène GRASSET
Revue Franco-Américaine n° 1
Revue Franco-Américaine| Paris & New York June 1895| 19.5 x 28.5 cm| original wrappers
First edition of the first issue of this ephemeral magazine that ended at issue 3, two months later, and was taken over by La Revue Blanche, one of 50 copies on Japan paper the tirage de tête.
Literary contributions from Léon Tolstoï: “Science et religion”, Georges Clemenceau: “France et Amérique”, Alphonse Daudet “Un raté littéraire du XVIIIe siècle”, Maurice Barrès: “Le boulangisme n'a pas été vaincu”, Tristan Bernard “Sous le voile de l'incognito”, Marcel Schwob “Sismé”, Jules Renard “Le fou”, Stéphane Mallarmé “études de danse”, Robert de Montesquiou “Des vers”, Maurice Leblanc “L'ami de la logique”, Catulle Mendès “Le Prince Lys”, Camille Mauclair “Le théâtre”...
Pictorial contributions: an hors texte leaf on Japan paper, by Jean-Louis Forain: “Le monde”, Caran d'Ache: “Un chapitre inédit des mémoires du général Marbot...”, Paul-César
Helleu with an original lithograph: “Femme et enfant”, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec with an original lithograph: “Zimmerman et sa machine” with some small sections missing of the right-hand margin.
Elegant magazine in Nabis style, whose relief wrappers were illustrated by Eugène Grasset and the typography done by Félix Vallotton.
Published under the auspices of Prince André Poniatowski, this magazine is decorated with in-texte illustrations by Jean-Louis Forain, Caran d'Ache, Paul-César Helleu, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Félix Vallotton.
Rare copy of the luxury print on Japan, 50 copies printed, complete with the 4 inserts, 2 of which are original lithographs by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul-César Helleu.