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Catulle Mendès — The most beautiful songs of France — ill. Lucien Metivet — 1888

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Catulle Mendès — The most beautiful songs of France - tender songs — illustrations by Lucien Métivet — 1888.

Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1887. Large in-4° (20 x 29 cm.). 1 gf. + 146pp. + 36 p. out of text including twenty in color. Half dark brown shagreen binding. Bits, corners and caps rubbed. Title page enhanced with gold leaf. Some rare and light foxing (see photos above).

36 traditional French songs chosen by Catulle Mendès, noted by Emmanuel Chabrier and Armand Gouzien & illustrated by Lucien Métivet . Each song is preceded by a title page (unnumbered) and a full-page illustration, many in color.

Weight: 1,500 kg.