MONTORGUEIL (Georges) - VIDAL (Pierre). Life in Montmartre. Paris : G. Boudet, Ch. Tallandier, [1899]. - In-4, 281 x 195 : frontispiece, (2 ff.), IV, 293 pp. illustrated cover. Havana half-maroquin, double gilt fillet, smooth spine decorated with an attractive allegorical gilt and mosaic decoration, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved in one piece (Pierson). First edition at 750 copies, of this work sought after for its documentary and artistic aspect on Montmarte at the end of the 19th century. Montorgueil deals with all the facets of this place, addressing in turn the following themes: The old Montmartre. - Montmartre builds Montmartre. - The Montmartroise. - Political Montmartre. - The Sacred Heart. - Pilgrims and faithful. - The artists. - The picturesque cabarets. - The montmartre song. - The showmen of the hillock. - Theatres and trestles. - The mills. - Dancing in Montmartre. - The night watchman. - The gallant resting places. The edition is illustrated with 150 lithographs by Pierre Vidal, including one in color covering the covers and the back cover, representing the famous "vachalcade", a color frontispiece, 15 color faux-titles and 133 black vignettes in the text. ONE OF THE FIRST 25 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPON (n° 3), enriched with a suite of all the lithographs in black on chine. A very fine copy in Pierson binding. Spine slightly faded. Scattered foxing on the edges and on the suite on chine. Attached, by the same author : - La Vie des Boulevards. Madeleine-Bastille... Paris : Ancienne maison Quantin, Librairies-imprimeries réunis, 1896. - In-4, 276 x 188 : (2 ff.), XI, 258 pp, (3 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Blue half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine decorated, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Kauffmann). First edition of one of the most interesting books on Parisian life at the end of the 19th century, illustrated with 200 colour compositions in the text by Pierre Vidal. One of 700 numbered copies on vellum paper (n° 47), very well bound by Kauffmann. Spine very slightly faded, minor rubbing from use.