BOUCHOR Maurice - LEBÈGUE Léon. Pervenche

Paris, Librairie Henry Floury. 1900.

In-4 (325x250mm) of [8]ff. + [28]pp. paperback, illustrated folded cover.
34 color compositions by Léon Lebègue including the cover, the half-title, the print page, the title frontispiece and 27 pages of text framed by drawings accompanying the texts.

This is not a simple illustrated tale but a commission from Angelo Mariani for advertising purposes for Mariani wine, a preparation made from coca leaves macerated in Bordeaux wine.
The tale attributes to it fortifying effects in an offbeat tone "[…] by a secret influence, he made the young couple, in less than four years, father and mother of six daughters, all of them very lively and very lively."

Edition of 500 copies, here the top copy on Imperial Japan paper.

To find out more:
The book is fully digitized on the BNF website: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65654267/f20.planchecontact.r=pervenche%20lebegue

Other books illustrated by Léon Lebègue:
The Well-Learned Lesson: https://casaubon.fr/products/lebegue-france-anatole-la-lecon-bien-apprise
The Story of Dona Maria d’Avalos and the Duke of Andria: https://casaubon.fr/products/lebegue-france-anatole-histoire-de-dona-maria-davalos-et-du-duc-dandria
The Bride of the King of Garbe: https://casaubon.fr/products/lebegue-boccace-la-fiancee-du-roy-de-garbe
The Caution: https://casaubon.fr/products/lebegue-france-anatole-la-caution

Condition: good condition.