Jean-Louis Forain; Alphonse Daudet — Album de Forain

Paris, H. Simonis Empis, 1893 . First edition. Paperback. A smart copy of this first edition work celebrating the illustrations of Jean-Louis Forain. With an introduction from Alphonse Daudet, in the publisher's original illustrated wraps. In the original French.The first edition of this publication of the illustrations of French Impressionist printmaker Jean-Louis Forain, who began his work as a caricaturist for Paris journals including Le Monde Parisien and Le Rire Satirique.This volume features an introduction to Forain's work from nineteenth century French novelist Alphonse Daudet.Illustrated with fifty captioned plates of Forain's illustrations. Collated, complete.Undated; dated 1893 via WorldCat.Housed in a cloth covered slip case.A wonderful volume of the illustrations of Forain, with Daudet describing the work as representing 'the whole of Paris, from top to bottom&apos. In the publisher's original illustrated paper wraps. Shelf wear and fading to back strip head and tail. Light edgewear to wrap perimeters, with marks towards fore edge of front wrap. Housed in a cloth covered slip case, with significant tide mark to rear board of slip case. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting throughout, most concentrated to first few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Jean-Louis Forain. Very Good .