Gustave Henri Jossot (1866-1951) - Lot 334

Gustave Henri Jossot (1866-1951) Mince de trognes !!! Preface by H. Bauer. 50 unpublished drawings. Paris, Hazard, [1896]. One vol. in-fol. [275 x 360], paperback, illustrated on the upper cover with a color lithograph by Jossot, containing 50 subjects in black with their typographed captions. Ex. lacking in preservation (partially unclipped, top cover detached with long tear, oxidation and some foxing). "And if you love the human race, I loathe it, while adoring Life. Some of my fellow creatures are really too ugly, and the ugly makes my artist's nerves tense." (Jossot, Letter to Jean Grave, December 3, 1906, quoted in M. Dixmier and L. Viltard, Jossot Caricatures ; de la révolte à la fuite en Orient (1866-1951), Paris bibliothèques, 2010, n° 16, p. 24).