Das moderne Plakat von Jean Louis Sponsel

Mit 52 farbigen Steindrucktafeln und 2666 Textabbildungen. Printed in Leipzig by Fischer & Wittig for G. Kühtmann in Dresden, 1897, VII, (1), 316 p., with 52 colour lithographic images (partly with gold) by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (2x), Alphonse Mucha [named Victor Mucha underneath image], Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (3x), Théo van Rysselberghe, Jules Chéret, Caran D'Ache, Eugène Grasset, Adolphe Crespin, M. Greiffenhagen, Joseph Leyendecker, Franz Stuck, and more. 1 colour lithographic plate (backcover?) "Festschrift zum 50 Jährigen Jubiläum der Firma J.C. König & Ebhard 1845-1895" bound in at back, 266 illustrations, contemporain halfcloth with original colour lithographic front wrapper in binding, small folio.

Signature 6 is bound incorrectly; name of old owner (M.J. Salm) on title page. Very good copy of classic reference work regarding Jugendstil/ Art Nouveau poster artists.