Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Jehan-Rictus. Steinlen, Théophile. .. le Coeur populaire. Poèmes, doléances, ballades, plaintes, complaintes, récits, chants de misère et d‘amour. En langue populaire (1900-1913).

With etched frontispiece portrait by Théophile Steinlen, signed (with an owl in the margin), and 3 facsimiles . 222 pp., 1 leaf. Small 4to. Dark blue full morocco over five raised bands and with gilt inner dentelles. Spine gilt. In slipcase. – Paris, Eugène Rey, 1914.

One of 125 copies on Japan, of a total limited edition of 1125. – Edges somewhat rubbed (from slipcase). Inside fine. – Best.-Nr. 18574