189 - BRACQUEMOND (Félix).

BRACQUEMOND (Félix). A Study of Woodcut and Lithography. Paris: printed for Henri Beraldi, 1897. — In-8, 240 x 155: VII, 94 pp., (1 f.), printed cover. Dark blue half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (see Margins). First edition of this study, previously published in the *Journal des Arts* under the title: *Trois Livres*. “ The primary aim is to examine the disastrous situation facing printmaking in general (and woodcut in particular) due to the abandonment of the principles that should guide it, and its derailment into this fixed idea: to render what it is not meant to express ” (pp. v–vi). The three books the author takes as models are: *Parisian Landscapes, Hours, and Seasons*, by Émile Goudeau, illustrated by Auguste Lepère; *Paris au hasard* by Georges Montorgueil, illustrated by the same artist; and *Les Zouaves et les Chasseurs à pied* by the Duke of Aumale, illustrated by Charles Morel. Limited edition of 138 numbered copies on laid paper. This copy, numbered 55, was presented to the bibliophile d’Eylac (Baron de Claye), bearing this autograph dedication signed by the publisher with the inscription: “To the bibliophile d’Eylac // your most devoted // H. Beraldi. ” A fine copy bound by Victor Champs, which later entered the collection of Henri Marie Petiet (1894–1980). Slight signs of wear. Provenance: Anatole Lebas de Girangy, Baron de Claye, with a letter from the publisher and an ex-libris. - Henri Marie Petiet, given to Arsène Bonafous-Murat by Hervé Dufresne on July 4, 1995 (note in pencil).