Léonetto Cappiello - Nos Actrices - 1899

Paris, Editions de la Revue Blanche (23, boulevard des Italiens), 1899.
1 volume grand in-folio (approximately 45 x 35 cm).
Binding: Half-chagrin ochre with period corners, smooth spine with gilded title (« CAPPIELLO – NOS ACTRICES »), boards of caillouté marbled paper (binding from the period perfectly preserved, having protected the interior).
Description: First edition. A complete copy with its original cover printed in blue and black, from its title page to the Revue Blanche mark (Nunquam Quies), from its preface leaf by Marcel Prévost, and all 18 full-page caricature portraits, wood-engraved and superbly color-printed at the time with stenciling (notably including portraits of Sarah Bernhardt in La Dame aux camélias, Cléo de Mérode, Réjane, Jeanne Granier, etc.).
Print run: Rare example of the first printing (tête de tirage) on Imperial Japanese paper, offering print quality and color freshness far superior to the ordinary edition.
Special feature of this copy: A choice copy, unnumbered in the press, bearing the official justification mark with the large interlaced monogram « LC » impressed in relief at the foot by Leonetto Cappiello, corresponding to a presentation copy hors-commerce or artist’s copy.