50 - BRUANT, Aristide, and LEBRETON, Benjamin. *Les Types de Bruant*. A popular one-act play.

BRUANT, Aristide, and LEBRETON, Benjamin. *Les Types de Bruant*. A popular one-act play. First edition of this play, illustrated by Steinlen. A fine copy, enriched with 4 autograph letters signed by Bruant. Paris, Aristide Bruant, n.d. [circa 1902]. In-12 (125 x 185 mm), Bradel-style binding, black half-shagreen edged with a red border, smooth spine adorned with the title in gold lettering, black textured paper covers adorned with a network of embossed lines, red paper endpapers and linings, gilt head, untrimmed, original color-illustrated cover preserved. Later binding. 78 pages and 1 folio (catalog), numerous black vignettes in the text. Spine slightly rubbed with very minor losses, a few torn threads on the covers, rare and faint foxing, mainly on the cover, margins slightly browned. First edition of this one-act play, illustrated by Steinlen with black vignettes in the text and a beautiful color composition on the cover. It was first performed at the Concert de l’Époque on March 28, 1902. This copy is enhanced with 4 autograph pieces signed by Aristide Bruant, mounted on tabs at the beginning of the book: - 2 postcards (140 x 90 mm), each illustrated with a black vignette accented in red depicting the singer; one dated June 16, 1902, in Courtenay, the other undated; both postcards addressed to the Pairault printers to discuss the details of the book’s illustrations. - 2 letters (111 x 160 mm) on blue paper, dated June 30 and July 22, 1902, discussing the publication, the choice of the title page, and the colors of the illustration. A fine, well-preserved copy.