Raffaëlli, Jean-François Lot n° 1228

[Les types de Paris. Text by Edmond de Goncourt, Alphonse Daudet, Émile Zola, Antonin Proust [et al.]. Drawings by Jean-François Raffaëlli]. Paris Éd. du Figaro, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie [1889] 10 issues in 1 vol. in-4°. Illustrated and titled red silk boards, book covers (spine heavily faded, lower head and neck edges damaged, slight wear to boards). First edition of this 10-issue work featuring the people of Paris. Maupassant's, Richepin's, Mirbeau's, Huysmans' and Zola's descriptions of street vendors, coachmen, earthworkers, showmen, comedians, old people's home inhabitants and cafe regulars are illustrated by Raffaëlli with 17 hors-texte, including 10 heliogravures, vignettes, in texto and qqs full pp. in black, enhanced with color or chromolithography. Introduction to Raffaëlli's art by Albert Wolf. With all issue covers. Ref. Vicaire VII:908.