Adolphe Willette - Pauvre Pierrot - 1885

Superb original portfolio of 41 plates engraved by A. Willette on free sheets, unpaginated, on Dutch parchment paper van Gelder Zonen watermarked -

Each plate, except the title and the preface, is followed by another plate containing the text in the author's handwriting and includes another drawing. A rare edition, fully printed in heliogravure.

Willette contributed to a Pierrot cartoon in the weekly Chat Noir - Poor Pierrot is the archetype of the tragic clown, pursued by sadness and misfortune and by the specter of death itself -

Adolphe Willette - Pauvre Pierrot - SD (circa 1885) - Librairie Leon Vanier -
41 leaves,

Good binding condition, work in 41 leaves, bound in original cloth-backed paper-covered boards, wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, spine worn, edges abraded, no. 1 plate faded, front board titled in white and illustrated -

Good interior condition, browning on the title page (systematic for this edition), some scattered browning on a few plates, not affecting the quality of the work, entire set of 41 plates engraved by A. Willette on free unpaginated sheets, each plate, except the title and the preface, is followed by another plate containing text in the author’s hand and includes another drawing, a pleasing copy -

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