La Ménagerie Sociale: Babylone d'Allemagne Moeurs Berlinoises - INSCRIBED Copy WITH Toulouse-Lautrec Cover
Paris: P. Antony & Cie. 1894. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec lithograph; Bac and Lubin de Bauvais drawings. First Edition. Stiff illustrated wrappers. Small 8vo. Pp. 205, 16 of publisher's advertising. Illustrated with section head "Types de Berlin" caricatures by Bac and Lubin de Beauvais. Printed wrappers, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec wraparound illustration and titles printed in three colors. Half title inscribed by the author "bien empathiquement," inscribee's name excised. Edges rubbed and small chips, spine darkened, leaf margins toned. Very Good. Item #12302 The cover is a reduced version of a poster Toulouse-Lautrec created to advertise the book. ADHEMAR, 67.
Fourth volume in the publisher's series of Belle-Epoque novels and stories "La Ménagerie Sociale." Joze portrays Germans as coarse, unrefined hypocrites who hope to conquer and purify the world "avec l'aide de Dieu, L'Empereur et M. Krupp."
Price: $450.00