La Femme A Paris: Nos Contemporaines.
Rare first edition of Octave Uzanne's La Femme A Paris: Nos Contemporaines; with the rare original embroidered jacket
La Femme A Paris: Nos Contemporaines.
UZANNE, Octave.
$1,500.00
Item Number: 132948
Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1894.
First edition of this lavishly illustrated work on Parisian women. Quarto, bound in full morocco, original wrappers bound in, illustrated with 20 hand-colored engraved plates by Massé after Vidal, engraved illustrations throughout, original wrappers bound in. In near fine condition. In the original embroidered dust jacket. Housed in a custom folding clamshell case.
19th-century French bibliophile, writer, publisher, and journalist Octave Uzanne produced a considerable literary output and frequent publications in newspapers such as L'Echo, Le Plume, Dépêche de Toulouse, Le Mercure de France, Le Gaulois and Le Figaro of Paris. Her Highness Woman), Féminies and La Française du siècle (The Frenchwoman of the Century). His own works include novels and fantasy books, such as Surprises du Coeur and Contes pour les bibliophiles (Tales for bibliophiles).