c1900 Mam’zelle Vertu & Les Deux Maîtresses French Illustrated Antique Book

"An attractive French illustrated volume containing two complete literary works bound together: Mam'zelle Vertu by Henri Lavedan (illustrated by Jordic, published by Ernest Flammarion, Paris) and Les Deux Maîtresses by Alfred de Musset (illustrated by Lubin de Beauvais, published by L'Édition Moderne - Librairie Ambert, Paris). Both novels exemplify the elegance and wit of late 19th-century French romantic and social literature, presented here in a handsome custom binding typical of private European libraries of the Belle Époque period. The book features half-leather binding with marbled paper boards, raised bands with gilt decoration and titles to spine, and marbled endpapers. Richly illustrated throughout with fine engravings and line drawings in-text, including numerous charming vignettes. A wonderful pairing of two prominent authors—Lavedan, a dramatist of the Académie Française, and Musset, one of France's great Romantic poets and storytellers."