SAMOSATE (Lucien de).
Scenes of courtesans. Paris, Art Piazza, 1901. In-8, paperback, illustrated cover, half morocco folder, slipcase (René Aussourd). Edition decorated with 45 compositions by Richard Ranft engraved on copper in colours, 15 of them out of the text.
Edition of 260 copies, this one of 220 on Rives vellum.
An exceptional set of documents is included:
- A suite of 44 reproductions by Richard Ranft used for the illustration. They are pasted on cardboard, in-4 format, presented in a half-maroquin slipcase.
- Under wallet, a suite on monochrome satin of 33 illustrations, a suite in black on chine of all Ranft's compositions, a plate by Giraldon and the subscription specimen in colour on vellum.
