Souvenir de L'Exposition de Paris (1878). Three items

(1) Souvenir de L'Exposition de Paris. 5. serie. 8 col. erotic lithogr. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. (2) Souvenir de l'Exposition de Paris. Mademoiselle Lucie*, Paris 1879. 8 col. erotic lithogr. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. Bound with: De Kock. La Donna Terribile. Romanzo Storico galante. Volume Unico. Roma 1875. 128 p. Incl. 2 in-text lithogr. and a mounted plate on first free endpaper. Later early 20th cent. cardboard binding, bookblock reinforced w. some tape.

*Mademoiselle Lucie was Émilie-Louise Delabigne, or countess Valtesse de La Bigne (Paris, 1848-1910), a French courtisane and demimondaine. She went from being a poor street prostitute to becoming one of the most elite and well-known courtesans in Paris and a muse of artists such as Édouard Manet and writers such as Octave Mirbeau. (total 3)