80/6429 Société des aqua-fortistes. Eaux-fortes modernes. Oeuvres inédites et originales. Paris, Cadart & Luquet, 1862-1866, 4 parts (of 5) in 2 vols., 4 etched frontispieces by Jules JACQUEMART, Jules LAURENS, Félix BRACQUEMOND and Ferdinand ROYBET, 240 etched plates by i.a. Charles-François DAUBIGNY, Johan Bartold JONGKIND, Jean-Baptiste COROT, Eugène DELACROIX, Gustave COURBET and Édouard MANET, occas. several etchings on 1 plate, t.e.g., unif. contemp. red hmor. w. gilt spine by Antoine Chatelin, folio (part 3/4 sl. larger).

- One plate by Jacquemart misbound at the beginning of vol. 1; occas. some foxed spots and a few plates yellowed; nevertheless most etchings in exceptionally fine condition. Both bindings w. a few chafed/ scratched spots.

= Extrememly rare set with 4 complete parts of the most iconic etchings from their time. Comprises i.a. Édouard MANET, Les Gitanos (28,5x20,5 cm., signed in the plate. Trifle yellowed); Seymour HADEN, "Fulham on the Thames" (11,5x28 cm., titled in the plate); Baptiste Corot, Souvenir d'Italie (29,5x22 cm.); Johan Bartold JONGKIND, Entrée du Port de Honfleur (22x30,5 cm., signed and "1863" in the plate); Charles-François DAUBIGNY, Les Vendanges (33,7x20 cm.) and Eugène DELACROIX, Juive d'Alger (20x15,5 cm., signed and "1833" in the plate). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXI.