Édouard Manet (1832-1883) (after ) Seated Faun. (Frontispiece for Mallarmé, L'Après-midi d'un faune, Paris, Derenne, 1876). Woodcut by an anonymous engraver. 125 x 70. Guérin 93; Bareau-Berès 90; Fisher 72. A very fine proof on thin laid japanese paper, printed with a light pink background, of the 1st edition (1876). Faint traces of folds at the edges of the folio. Small brownish ink stains above the subject. All margins. 175 proofs were printed on Hollande laid paper and 20 on japon. "For the japon copies of the book Manet tinted the plate Faun with a rose wash that approaches the subtle understated coloring of the Manga plates. "(Jay McKean Fisher, The Prints of Edouard Manet, Washington, International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985, p. 116).