Les dessins de Degas reproduits en fac-simile [...] première [-deuxième] série [...].

Folio; 100 pl.

Loose under yellow publ. cloth in Solander case with cloth ties, gilt-titled. Excellent condition.

First edition of an exceptionally complete set of 100 beautiful drawings in facsimile (reproducing the exact color of the originals) made in heliography, executed by Ruckert Goode & Chevassu Succ. and mounted on strong Bristol cardboard. The preface and the explanatory pages are signed by the French painter and engraver Rivière (1864-1951). The choices he made in Degas' work illustrate the interest of the master in the scenes of modern life: portraits (incl. three of Manet), horse races, opera dancers, domestic scenes or ironing-maids. The colophon bears the date 15 October 1924. Printed in 5 issues of 20 pl. in 250 numb. copies (ours is n. 70).
Ref. Mahé I:658. - BnF. - Not in Opac KBR.
Joined: La Plume littéraire, artistique et sociale. Paris, 15 June 1896, n° 172. 8vo; ill. (sl. browned and spotted). Half brown morocco with corners, covers on marbled papers ruled with a gilt double fillet, gilt spine on raised bands. Famous special issue dedicated to Félicien Rops, profusely illustrated throughout. The texts are signed by J.-K. Huymans, J. Pradelle, Joséphin Péladan & Eugène Demolder, Camille Lemonnier, Edmond Bailly & Félicien Champsaur, Arsène Alexandre, Henri Detouche & Charles Fromentin, followed at the end by a catalogue of Rops' work. (2 vol.)