[Fine Binding]. Champfleury [nom-de-plume for Fleury-Husson, Jules François Felix (1821 - 1889)] — Le VIOLON De FAÏENCE.; Avant-propos de L'Auteur

Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885. Nouvelle Édition. Deep green full crushed morocco binding, by Chambolle Duru, gilt violin devices stamped in each corner of the two boards, elaborate gilt decorated spine, gilt dentelles, marbled paper eps. AEG. Original blue paper wrappers bound-in. xv, [1 (blank)], 140, [6] pp. T.p. printed in red & black. P. 140 mispaginated as 160. 4 page publisher advert at rear, dated Avril 1885. Illustrée de 34 eaux-fortes de Jules Adeline. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-3/16". Modest extremity wear, with minor rubbing to tips. Joints just starting to show stress lines. Faint evidence of removed bookplate to front paste-down. Withal, a pleasing VG+ - Nr Fine copy. Champfleury "was a French art critic and novelist, a prominent supporter of the Realist movement in painting and fiction." [Wiki].