81 - CAMUSET (Dr. Georges). *Les Sonnets du Docteur*. Paris, available at most bookstores (Dijon, printed by Darantière), 1884. Large 8vo, dark green Bradel morocco binding, untrimmed, cover in fair condition (Lemardeley).

CAMUSET (Dr. Georges). *Les Sonnets du Docteur*. Paris, available at most bookstores (Dijon, printed by Darantière), 1884. Large 8vo, dark green Bradel morocco binding, untrimmed, cover in fair condition (Lemardeley). FIRST EDITION, printed on imitation Japanese paper, decorated with two etchings by G. Clairin and Félicien Rops and a facsimile of a letter by Ch. Monselet, printed on Chinese paper. A UNIQUE COPY CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING PIECES, ALL ADDRESSED TO THE AUTHOR OR CREATED FOR HIS WORK. ROPS (Félicien). 1. Two very beautiful and significant original drawings in the book’s format, in graphite, lightly highlighted and painted in gouache, monogrammed. “Ecchymosis” and “Auscultation.” 2. Two original drawings (studies for the final drawings and engravings) and two pen-and-ink sketches. 3. 17 autograph letters, 5 of which include original sketches (some of them significant). This correspondence, addressed entirely to Dr. Camuset, concerns the illustrations for his book, the printing of the engravings, and the new engraving techniques that the artist claims to have discovered, to Louis Legrand, a young artist whom Camuset had met in Dijon, and whose drawings (included here), created for *Les Sonnets du Docteur*, he had sent to Rops. 4. Three vignettes engraved using the soft-varnish technique, two rejected etchings, and 6 rare states of the etching *La jolie fille en chemise*. LEGRAND (Louis). 25 original pen-and-pencil drawings, monograms, and early works created to illustrate the Doctor’s book. COURBOIN (F.) Portrait of Dr. Camuset, etched in three states (including one with a sketch by Rops). BAYARD (E.) Retouched etching for *Le Homard à la Coppée*. CAMUSET (Dr.) Two autograph letters and two original sketches, one for the frontispiece and the other for *Le Homard à la Coppée*. From the libraries of Ch. Delafosse (auction June 14, 1920, cat. no. 15) and Baron J. de Roig (auction April 9, 1976, cat. no. 25).