Étienne Carjat - Félix Nadar and others Contemporary Gallery Album. Biographies & Portraits. Revue Illustrée, Paris, s.d. Charles Baudelaire. Arsène Houssaye. Théodore de Banville. Chanzy. Ferdinand Fabre. Henri Monnier. Gondinet. E. Legouvé. Louis Blanc. Octave Feuillet. Colonel Denfert-Rochereau. Spuller. In-4 (35x28 cm). First edition, cloth binding titled on the front cover, with 12 photoglypics mounted on publisher's boards and text pages. Average format of photoglypics: 24x18 cm

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