193 - GOUPIL et Cie. Frédéric MASSON.

GOUPIL et Cie. Frédéric MASSON. [Proofs for... *The King of Rome*] (Paris, ca. 1901–1904). 9 plates in large in-4 format. Loose sheets; notes on blue graph paper pasted onto the proofs (some foxing; margins occasionally slightly damaged). Description: Pre-print proofs of the engravings on thick vellum paper in black, with pencil annotations and ink notes in the hand of Frédéric MASSON for one of his works on Emperor Napoleon’s son, the King of Rome. These were likely intended for his publisher so that he could insert the descriptions of the plates into the book. The book, published by Goupil & Co., appeared in 1904. One of the plates bears the publisher’s stamp dated 1901. Included are: 2 invitation cards from that period addressed to Mr. Frédéric Masson and his wife, with the names handwritten in ink. -For the banquet held in honor of the 50th-anniversary week of *La Légende des siècles* by the committee of the Victor Hugo Society, on Saturday, October 2, 1909. Printed in-12 card. -At the annual celebration of the Orphelinat des Arts, June 4, 1912, in Courbevoie, with the poet Jean Richepin. Dosne Foundation stamp. Thiers Library. Photogravure. A folded leaflet, featuring a reproduction of a photograph on the front cover. An announcement leaflet from the Université des Annales and Piano Gaveau for a lecture by Frédéric Masson and Jeanne Raunay (singer) on “Napoleon and Music,” February 22, 1913. Folded leaflet, photogravure portraits. And newspaper clippings from the period mentioning Frédéric Masson or depicting him.