Les Chats

Champfleury

Published by J. Rothschild, Paris, 1870

About this Item

A lovely edition du luxe of this unique and charming work by Champfleury, a series of illustrated essays on cats. The fifth edition of this work, an impressive edition du luxe.In the original French.An entertaining series of essays on cats, highlighted with portrayals of cats by prominent artists of the age.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one double-paged colour plate, one colour plate, five monochrome plates, and in-text engravings.Collated, complete.By Champfleury, a prominent figure in the Realist movement.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, from her library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things.Bookplate of Percy L. Babington to the front paste down. In a full cloth binding. Externally, smart, with light marks to the boards. A little rubbing to the spine and extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good.

Seller Inventory # 793P61

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Les Chats
• Publisher: J. Rothschild, Paris
• Publication Date: 1870
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Various
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book