Chansons Folles
[Gustave Nadaud]Evreux: Charles Herissey, 1887.
First Edition. Signed by Author
18.5cm x 13.5cm. [ii], 132 pages, engraved frontispiece. Lettered wrappers. Text is in French.
Collection of 41 erotic songs with musical score by Gustave Nadaud and published anonymously with a fine frontispiece engraving by Henry Somm. One of 75 numbered copies on Japon (of a total edition of 300). This copy with a two-page signed letter by the author in purple ink dated 29 Avril 1882, written on nice stationery that features the letterhead Rue Charles Laffitte, 63, Neuilly, (Seine); and a two-page song composed on the same stationery in the same purple ink.
Spine creased, some splitting to joints. Wrappers tanned. Small amount of chipping to spine head and tail. Minor foxing to flyleaves. Minor tanning to interior. Good Condition.
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AU$500