Henry Monnier (1799-1877); L'Art et la Vie Romantiques

Paris: Librairie Floury, 1931. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig illustrated stiff tan wrappers in glassine overwrapper. Fine. 290 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 57 of 100 on Papier Du Japon. Profusely illustrated in black and white and with color lithographs. Bibliography. Index of Proper Names. Mostly unopened. Monnier, a French playwright, caricaturist and actor was particularily known for his satirising the mores and physiognomies of his contemporaries and of the "grisettes" (or louche young men) in his office. A surprisingly almost as new copy with the original glassine overwrapper in tact.