PÉLADAN (Joséphin).

How one becomes an artist (Esthetics). (Amphithéatre des sciences mortes III.) Paris, Chamuel, 1894. In-8 green half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt title, illustrated cover preserved. Spine unstained. Photographic portrait of the author engraved in frontispiece. First edition. Nice copy. "The present treatise is about the folios "How one becomes an Artist". It is, says Peladan, 'because it seemed to me that it was too much to restrict the teaching to those who work' and, to consider this much larger number which feels the ideal work, it modified the title. This work is an introduction to the Aesthetic Life, to bring the elite minds to the understanding of the masterpieces in all the arts. The author's undisputed artistic competence is a sure guarantee of the high value of his work. The first chapter is entitled 'The Sevenfold of the exit of the real or of the nature'. "Caillet (8430).