Bayard, É. Le Nu Esthéthique. L'Homme, La Femme, L'Enfant

Album de Documents Artistiques d'après nature. Paris, E. Bernard & Cie, 1902-1905, (2),16,(2),96 prel. pages, followed by 20 numbers: Year 1, instalments 1-7 (Oct. 1902-April 1903); Year 2, instalments 4-12 (Jan.-Sept. 1904, also numb. No. 16-24); Year 3, instalments 1-4 (Oct.-Dec. 1904 and Jan. 1905, also numb. no. 25-27). W. num. ills. on 80 photographic plates, orig. gilt-lettered cl. Contents loose (inner blank margins of plates frayed), Year 1 lacks instalments from 8 onwards, Year 3 lacks instalments from 5 onwards. Sold as a periodical/collection of plates, not subject to return. The front wrappers all w. indication: "Les planches de cette publication ne doivent pas être mises à l'étalage."