[CHAT NOIR - SALIS (Rodolphe)]. Catalogue of the collection of the Chat Noir "Rodolphe Salis". Original drawings, watercolours, paintings, lithographs, etchings. Paris, 1898. - In-4, 322 x 249 : XIII, 93 pp, (1 f.), 9 plates, illustrated cover. Half black cloth, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved (late 20th century binding). Beautiful catalogue of the sale of the collection of the famous cabaret du Chat Noir, including more than 700 lots divided into 7 sections: Paintings - Original drawings - Watercolors - Original drawings used to illustrate the Tales of the Black Cat - Shadow plays - Lithographs, Prints, Etchings, Proofs before the letter - Miscellaneous. The sale took place in May 1898 at the Hôtel Drouot. The edition includes numerous reproductions in the text and on the full page, and 9 off-texts including a portrait of Salis by Léandre. UNIQUE EDITION, ABUNDANTLY TRUMPED BY JACQUES CRÉPINEAU OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: - cover of Paul Delmet's score for Le Vieux Mendiant, including an autograph letter from the composer to Georges Courteline, - ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED BY ANDRÉ GILL representing a caricature of Victorien Sardou and Victorien Sulpice in a rehearsal of Séraphine at the Gymnase . This drawing will be reproduced on the front page of the number 52 of L'Éclipse of January 17, 1869, - ORIGINAL AQUARELLE SIGNED BY HENRI PILLE, depicting the 4 seasons with a representation of Montmartre in the center, - ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED, IN INK AND AQUARELLE, BY RODOLPHE SALIS, depicting a hungry bear carrying a briefcase, a knife and a German shield, with this caption: "France did not deliver her fresh pulpit to him", - typescript of 3 pages in-4, including Jacques Ferny's Allocution to the Chanson de Paris for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Chat-Noir, - cover of Désiré Dihau's music for the song Quand les lilas refleuriront on lyrics by George Auriol, illustrated with a colour composition by the latter (stains and a few tears), - chromolithographic reproduction of the poster made by Manuel Orazi and Gorguet for the play Théodora by Victorien Sardou, - number 451 of March 27, 1897 of the magazine Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui, dedicated to Albert Robida, - etching by Henry Somm, entitled Souvenirs du Moulin Rouge, - cover for the score by Paul Delmet for the Chanson Crépusculaire on a poem by Armand Silvestre, illustrated with a colour lithograph by Steinlen, - 2 reproductions of lithographs by Willette, - a colour lithograph by Charles Léandre, - number 348 of the review Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui, devoted to Aristide Bruant, - 3 lithographs by Ibels for the cover of songs, - L.A.S. from Leon Xanrof about the Friends of the Chat Noir, accompanied by an invitation card to the Montmartre party on Monday 21 March. Jacques Crépineau has also added a colour photocopy of the sale poster, two sale notices for the drawings by Gill and Pille, a reproduction of a watercolour cut out from a sale catalogue, and a reproduction on coated paper of the drawing by Salis. Cover soiled. Attached separately, in a cardboard folder, various articles and reviews concerning the Chat Noir, including several issues of the newspaper Le Chat noir, as well as numerous scores of songs sung at the time of the famous cabaret, with an important file devoted to Yvette Guilbert and another to Aristide Bruant.