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JEANNIOT (Georges) / GONCOURT (Edmond de). The...

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JEANNIOT (Georges) / GONCOURT (Edmond de). The daughter Elisa. Compositions by Gorges Jeanniot. Paris, Emile Testar éditeur, 1895; large in-8 (25,5x17,5 cm), red half-maroquin with corners (small snag on one corner), spine with nerves, both covers preserved, head gilt. (2)-VI-257 pages (not trimmed) (1). Work illustrated with 10 etchings and numerous in-text in black. One of 160 numbered copies on vellum. Naturalist novel that describes the life of a prostitute. Toulouse-Lautrec had illustrated this work which was never published during his lifetime, a facsimile was published in 1931 when the originals were acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in 2008. Signed binding partly faded.

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