THE BOOK & THE IMAGE Monthly illustrated documentary review Volume I: No. 1, March 10, 1893-No. 5, July 10, 1893; Volume II: No. 6, August 10, 1893-No. 10, December 10, 1893; Volume III: No. 11, January 10, 1894-No. 16, June 10, 1894 Paris, Librairie Auguste Fontaine, Émile Rondeau, successor, Literary Director: John Grand-Carteret, Director-Manager: Émile Rondeau. Texts by Jules Adeline, Henri Bouchot, Léo Claretie, Victor Fournel, John Grand-Carteret, Henry Houssaye, Lorédan Larchey, Eugène Mouton, Amédée Pigeon, Arthur Pougin, Maurice Tourneux, etc. Illustrations and hors-texte engravings by Crafty, Fernand Fau, Kreutzberger, Frédéric Régamey, Robida, Willette, etc. 592 engravings in the text and 58 hors-texte plates of original compositions, 13 of which in color. Complete collection. 16 numbers in 16 issues in 3 vol. in-4 bound (covers preserved). Attached : At the end of Volume III : - 1 L.D.S. from Émile Rondeau on the letterhead of Librairie Auguste Fontaine addressed to Descamps-Scrive (March 13, 1895) and concerning the end of the publication of Le Livre et l'image ; - The facsimile of the receipt from John Grand-Carteret at the time when Rondeau gave Grand-Carteret the full ownership of Le Livre et l'image, on the condition that he would publish the magazine until December 31, 1894, which was not respected. Copy from the library of Descamps-Scrive: One of the 10 copies on Chine (second paper, after 10 on Japon and before 20 on Hollande). A magnificent copy of great freshness.