CONTEMPORARY GALLERY OF FRENCH ILLUSTRATIONS. Paris, Paul de Lacroix, (circa 1890). 8 volumes in-4°, red half-shell with corners, spine with ornate nerves, gilt heads (contemporary binding). Famous gallery of portraits and photographic works by Nadar, Carjat, Caret, Mulnier. accompanied by their biographical notes. Our copy contains 266 PHOTOS; 66 glued-in in-text and 200 tab-mounted out-of-text, including portraits of : Baudelaire, Sand, Hugo, Gounod, Dumas, Goncourt, Eiffel, Pasteur, Zola. others representing works of art. Smeared to the bindings, freckles, a loose board, small tears without missing.