LE FIFRE - Lot 161

LE FIFRE Weekly newspaper illustrated by J.-L. Forain No. 1, Saturday February 23, 1889-No. 15, Saturday June 1, 1889. Paris, Director-Manager : Jean-Louis Forain. Texts by Émile André, Champigneulles, Jean-Louis Forain, Paul Hervieu, Jacques Le Lorrain, Paul Masson, Jean Richepin, Aurélien Scholl, Armand Silvestre. Numerous full-page illustrations by Forain. Complete collection. 15 issues in 15 deliveries in 1 vol. in-folio bound with the general cover (which is very rare). Handwritten notes by Vasseur (3 ff.). Joint : - Photographs (Félix Potin collection) of Forain and Paul Hervieu ; - Portraits of Richepin and Armand Silvestre ; - 1 large portrait of a young Forain ; - 1 note concerning Le Fifre taken from the journal Études de presse ; At the end of the volume : - 1 color drawing by Jean-Louis Forain offered by the Café Riche brasserie. Rare.