Dans la rue. Chansons et monologues. Volume 1

BRUANT Aristide
illustrated by STEINLEN Théophile Alexandre
Dans la rue. Chansons et monologues. Volume 1 [The Street]
Paris n. d. (c. 1895), 12,5 x 19 cm, half black morocco
The definitive edition, one of 150 copies on Japan paper numbered and justified by Aristide Bruant, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Half black morocco over moiré-effect paper by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, black endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated wrappers by T. A. Steinlen preserved, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription signed by Aristide Bruant: “à notre ami Goron [To our friend Goron],” supplemented by an autograph quatrain: “Il m'aimait autant que j'l'aimais / Nous nous aurions quittés jamais / Si la police était pas faite / à la Villette.”
This copy is further enriched, above the autograph inscription by Aristide Bruant, with an original watercolor signed by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, showing a hoodlum being led away between two policemen under the gaze of two young ladies.
With drawings by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, including the wrapper.
$ 3 000