L'Ermitage
Revue Artistique et Littéraire (subtitles vary). Année 1-17 (= all issued). Paris, May 1890-1906. 11 complete years and 5 incomplete years with 13 missing nos. (year 1 nos. 1, 5, 6; year 2 no. 9; year 3 no. 7, 9; year 6 no. 7; year 7 nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12). Partly bound in 12 contemp. halfcalf bindings, 2 vols. in contemp. halfcloth and remaining nos. loose in orig. wrappers, (small) 8vo. With numerous orig. hors-textes and Index 1890/1902.
With contributions by André Gide, Stuart Merril, Francis Jammes, Paul Fort, Tristan Klingsor, Paul Claudel, Jean de Gourmont, Jean Moréas, Émile Verhaeren, Léon Bocquet, Albert Vidal, Henry Ghéon, Rémy de Gourmont, etc., etc. Years 1897-1899 (= Années 8-10) issued as: Série Illustrée (LUXE), contain hors-texte illustrations (incl. lithographs and woodcuts) in each issue by Paul Audra, Emile Barau, William Bradley, Lucien Alphonse-Daudet, Charles Doudelet, Edward Munch, Paul Ranson, A. Rassenfosse, Théo v. Rysselberghe, Toulouse-Lautrec (Portrait de femme), Jean Veber, Paul Berthon, Charles Guérin, Andre des Gachons and others. Lacks only one of these (a lithograph by M. Denis in year 8). Fine collection of a very rare periodical.