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UZANNE (Octave). Le Livre moderne. Revue du monde littéraire et des bibliophiles contemporains. Paris: Maison Quantin, 1890-1891. - 4 volumes in-8, 235 x 156: (2 ff.), 431 pp. 5 plates, printed cover; (2 ff.), 399 pp. 8 plates, printed cover; (2 ff.), 384 pp. 17 plates, printed cover; (2 ff.), 384 pp. 15 plates, printed cover. Dark brown half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (P. Affolter). Complete collection of this literary and bibliophilic review edited by Octave Uzanne, published in 24 issues from January 1890 to December 1891. It is illustrated with 45 plates, including portraits of Trébutien Uzanne, Jules Janin, Alfred Delvau, Alexandre Dumas, Lamartine, etc., and numerous illustrations in the text, based on compositions by artists such as Evert van Muyden, Albert Robida, François Courboin, Henri Guérard, Louis Morin, Félicien Rops and others. One of 1,000 numbered copies on Vosges laid paper (no. 884). A good copy bound by Affolter, complete with the four general covers and including 16 of the 24 issue covers. Without the general table published in 1892. Some scattered foxing in the fourth volume.
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