Les Jeux Du Cirque Et La Vie Foraine

Hugues Le Roux

Published by Libraries Plon, 1889

About this Item

Black & white intertextual illustrations by Jules Garnier, and silver and gold headpiece decoration on page [i] Original wrappers bound into contemporary black cloth Backstrom overhauled boards, brown gilt moroccolettering label on spine ( spine label worn and chipped, binding Edgeworth, soiled, hinges cracked, some gutters over opened, bookplate and previous owner's ink note on ffep, embossed ownership stamp of O. J. Lacroix title page. First edition one of only 50 copies on Japon Paper. Includes images of various circus promoters such as P. T. Barnum, acrobats, and tattooed performers.Considered to be the most successful collaboration between Le Roux and Garnier. The illustrations contained therein were produced from circus playbill and from photographs specially taken for the publication by Service Photographique De La Salpetriere. Toole Stott, Circus and Allied Arts, 445 4to. 285 x 212 mm Text all in French. The illustrations are really magnificent. 8 chapters. 252 pages. Seller Inventory # ABE-1691625972332

Bibliographic Details

Title: Les Jeux Du Cirque Et La Vie Foraine

Publisher: Libraries Plon

Publication Date: 1889

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition