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242 - [MUCHA, CHERET] – LECAT (Auguste) In the Latin Quarter: the …
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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[MUCHA, CHERET] – LECAT (Auguste) In the Latin Quarter: the official publication of the student parade. An extremely rare collection of the first six years, including the unobtainable first issue of 1893, entitled "En arrière", published in haste in quarto format and unillustrated. A very complete set with superb covers by Mucha (2 chromolithographs with gold highlights) and Chéret. Paris, No publisher. Single issue, mid-Lent 1893; 2nd year: No. 1, mid-Lent 1894; 3rd year: special issue, mid-Lent 1895; 4th year: No. 1, mid-spring 1896; 5th year: special issue, 1897; 6th year: special issue, 1898. Folio volume (440 x 330 mm), half-percaline in Bradel style, smooth spine decorated with a title label in gilt letters. 12pp., (1f.n.ch), 24pp., (1 unpaginated leaf); (1 unpaginated leaf), 40 pp., (1 unpaginated leaf); (1 unpaginated leaf), 36 pp., iii-iv, (1 unpaginated leaf), (1 blank leaf), 32 pp., (1 blank leaf),; (1 blank leaf), 32 pp., (1 blank leaf). A few slight foxing spots, nothing serious. A rare collection of this satirical journal, emblematic of Parisian student culture during the Belle Époque, printed in small numbers and intended for a limited readership (students, participants in the Cavalcade). Contains illustrations by Mucha, Jules Chéret, Gill, Albert Guillaume, Henri Guillaume, Robida, Villon, etc. The texts are by a highly prestigious group of writers including Maurice Barrès, René Boylesve, Alphonse Daudet, Edmond de Goncourt, Émile Goudeau, Jean Lorrain, Pierre Loti, Stéphane Mallarmé, Hugues Rebell, Henri de Régnier, Jules Renard, Jean Richepin, Aurélien Scholl, etc. A very fine copy.
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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