161 - GEOFFROY, Jean, and CLARETIE, Léo. *The Modern University*. Containing sixty-five illustrations by J. Geoffroy.

GEOFFROY, Jean, and CLARETIE, Léo. *The Modern University*. Containing sixty-five illustrations by J. Geoffroy. First edition of this tribute to the French educational system, illustrated by Jean Geoffroy. Deluxe edition on Japanese paper (No. 12), featuring three different states of the plates and enhanced with a charming original watercolor signed by the artist, depicting a traditional school scene in North Africa. Paris, Charles Delagrave, n.d. (1892). In-4 in loose sheets, in a violet cloth slipcase with the title in gold lettering. 2 ff. (half-title and title page, printed in blue and black, adorned with a vignette printed in red), VI (preface), 1 f., 290 pp., and 1 f.n.ch. (end of printing), 65 black-and-white illustrations by Jean Geoffroy, heliogravured by Victor Michel, including 16 plates outside the text, mounted on endpapers. Faded and worn portfolio with missing laces. First and only edition of this work written in praise of the French educational system at the turn of the 20th century. In it, Léo Claretie presents a comprehensive overview of the educational system (preschools, high schools, universities, and grandes écoles), magnificently illustrated by Jean Geoffroy, the great official painter of childhood and schools during the Third Republic. Preface by M. O. Gréard Deluxe edition limited to 100 numbered copies on Japanese paper (No. 12), including 3 sets of the 16 inset plates, on satin, Whatman paper, and Japanese paper (pre-print proofs bearing an etched note). It is further enhanced by an original color watercolor signed by Jean Geoffroy, depicting a school scene in North Africa, showing a group of young schoolchildren in brightly colored traditional attire in the foreground, and silhouettes seen from behind, seated on benches, who appear to be attending a class in the background. [Vicaire, II, 419] Clean and fresh interior.