Emile ZolaBiblio.com
Emile ZOLA - Alexandre DUMASBiblio.com
Figures contemporaines tirées de l'album Mariani
189485696Paris: Henri FlouryFlammarion 1894. Fine. Henri Floury Flammarion Paris 1894-1896 17.50 x 26 cm 2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur First edition of each volume. Publishers full burgundy cloth bindings flat spines blue endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers preserved for the second volume front cover preserved for the first volume gilt top edges. Minor discoloration spots on the boards. The first volume includes 75 biographies of notable figures of the time each featuring a facsimile autograph and a wood-engraved portrait by Brauer including Paul Arène Léon Cladel Coquelin ainé Charles Gounod Frédéric Mistral Albert Robida Octave Uzanne. The second volume contains 76 biographies each with a facsimile autograph and a wood-engraved portrait by Brauer of figures such as Auguste Bartholdi Benjamin Constant Georges Courteline Alexandre Dumas Thomas Edison Judith Gautier Jules Massenet Catulle Mendès Henri Rochefort Georges Rochegrosse Emile Zola. Some light foxing. A handsome set. Henri FlouryFlammarion hardcover
