IBELS (Henri-Gabriel). Les Demi-cabots. Café-concert. The Ci - Lot 178

IBELS (Henri-Gabriel). Les Demi-cabots. Café-concert. The Circus. The Fairground. A charming evocation of live entertainment in the Belle Époque, illustrated with over 140 drawings by Ibels. Copy preserved in a Carayon binding with an original pen-and-ink drawing on the spine. Paris , G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, L. Conquet, 1896. In-8 volume (207 x 138), bound in Bradel style in glazed green half calf, smooth spine decorated with title, date and a fine composition executed in black pen. Volume entirely untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (binding signed Carayon). 2 f.n.ch, 246 pp., 1 f.n.ch. Spine and edges of boards a little yellowed. First edition. One of 100 copies on China paper (no. 61), printed on behalf of M. L. Conquet. A handsome collection of 4 texts on café-concert, song gestures, circuses and showmen, written respectively by Georges Montorgueil, Maurice Lefèvre, André Ibels and Georges d'Esparbès. It is illustrated with color compositions on the cover and over 140 black figures in the text and full-page illustrations by Henri-Gabriel IBELS (1867-1936). Provenance: from the library of André Barrier (Paris 1870 - 1957) with his etched bookplate. President of the Court of Appeal and a great bibliophile, André Barrier was president of the Cent Bibliophiles and a member of several other bibliophilic societies. A very fine copy, preserved with its beautiful covers and generous margins, in a binding decorated with an original pen-and-ink drawing.