Afternoon of a faun. Eglogue. Paris, Alphonse Derenne, 1876. In-4, dark green half-chagrin, spine ribbed, cover (Binding of the period).
First edition, illustrated with 4 beautiful woodcut drawings by Édouard Manet, of which the bookplate and the frontispiece (loose proof on japon pelure) are enhanced by the artist with a light pink wash.
The work is a masterpiece of the symbolist period and one of the first painter's books.
Edition of 195 copies.
Spine and part of the boards faded. Staining on the second cover and on the last leaf containing the justification.
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