L'Exemple de Ninon de Lenclos Amoureuse
Paris: Edition du Mercure de France, 1898. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec cover illustration. First Edition. Illustrated wrappers. 12mo. Pp. 214 followed by pp. [4] of publisher ads on salmon colored paper. French text. Paper wraps with wraparound Toulouse-Lautrec lithograph printed in black and titles in blue-green, edges untrimmed. Justification de tirage number 948, achevé d'imprimer le 6 mai 1898. Minimal soiling to covers and head edges, toning to edges. Some leaves uncut. Bookplate of Herbert Schimmel tipped in to inside front cover. Very Good+. Item #13036
The last novel of fin de siècle Decadent Movement writer Tinan (1874-1898) to be published in his short lifetime. With Toulouse-Lautrec lithograph depiction of Ninon and her lover, costumed..Herbert D. Schimmel held a significant collection of Toulouse-Lautrec art, letters and ephemera. A very fresh first edition copy. ADHEMAR, 273.
Price: $450.00