Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Jehan-Rictus. Steinlen, Théophile-Alexandre. Les Soliloques du Pauvre. L‘hiver.

With 2 lithogr. portraits by Théophile Steinlen, one on cover and one as frontispiece. 169 pp., 2 leaves. Small 4to. Orig. illus. wrappers. – (Paris), Chez l‘auteur, 1897.

Edition originale. One of 500 num. copies on vélin. With an original watercolor portrait on title verso, another full-page watercolor on inserted leaf, and 2 faint pencil sketches (on half-title and title), all not seeming to be from Steinlen’s hand. – Best.-Nr. 10039