[PARNASSE]. Sonnets et eaux-fortes. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, - Lot 292

[PARNASSE]. Sonnets et eaux-fortes. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, Éditeur, 1869. In-4° black chagrin, broad framing of cold-stamped fillets, gilt fleuron at corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (Chatelin). Famous anthology edited by Philippe Burty. 42 unpublished sonnets by - Théodore de BANVILLE, - François COPPÉE, - Anatole FRANCE, - Théophile GAUTIER, - José-Maria de HEREDIA, - LECONTE LISLE, - SAINTE- BEUVE, - Paul VERLAINE, etc., illustrated with 42 original etchings by - Célestin NANTEUIL, - Gustave DORÉ, - Claudius POPELIN, - Léopold FLAMENG, - Jean-Baptiste COROT, - Jean-François MILLET, - Édouard MANET, - Johan JONGKIND, - Félix BRACQUEMOND, etc., (except one engraved after a drawing by Victor HUGO). Edition of 386 copies, this one of 350 on laid paper. Covers and corners bumped; some foxing. See reproduction