[CHANSONS]. Set of 3 songbooks illustrated by STEINLEN: - BRUANT (Aristide). Chansons et monologues, Paris: H. Geffroy, [1896-1897]. - In-8, half red basane, smooth spine decorated, speckled edges (period binding). Crauzat, 588. Set of 150 issues published from February 1896 to July 1897, bound in one volume, of this collection of songs and monologues by Aristide Bruant, illustrated with numerous in-text and full-page compositions by various artists. According to Crauzat, there are 272 black compositions by STEINLEN, borrowed from the two volumes ofDans la rued by Aristide Bruant and the journalLe Mirliton. A good copy, complete with a color portrait of the author, on which it is stated: "free bonus with 2nddelivery. Guillaume's gilt first or last name appears at the bottom of the spine. Some wear to headpieces. - DELMET (Paul).Chansons de Femmes. Preface by Armand Silvestre.Paris: Enoch et Cie, Paul Ollendorff, 1896. - Large in-8, soft dark green basane, smooth spine, cover preserved (period binding). Crauzat, 594. First edition of this collection of 15 scores for piano and song by Paul Delmet (1862-1904) to poetry by Henri Maigrot, Bertrand Millanvoye, Maurice Boukay, Théodore Botrel, Louis Forest, Léon Sués, Armand Silvestre, Jacques Madeleine, Jules Méry and Henri Bernard. It is illustrated with a handsome black lithographed cover and 15 typographic reproductions out of text of lithographs by STEINLEN. Binding modestly damaged, hinge of first cover largely split, repair to corner of second cover. - DELMET (Paul).Chansons de Montmartre. Preface by Maurice Boukay.Paris : Enoch et Cie, Ernest Flammarion, [1898]. -Large in-8, blue half cloth à la Bradel, smooth spine, cover preserved (modern binding). Crauzat, 597. First edition of this collection of 15 scores for piano and vocals, of Montmartre songs by Paul Delmet (1862-1904) to poetry by Henri Bernard, Louis Bernard, Maurice Boukay, Théodore Botrel, Léon Durocher, Eugène Héros, Pierre Kok, Jacques Redelsperger and Georges Rozet. It is illustrated with a handsome black lithographed cover, 19 black figures and 15 out-of-text letterpress reproductions of lithographs by STEINLEN. Preface by Maurice Boukay, whose real name was Maurice Couyba (1866-1931), Paul Delmet's most faithful collaborator. Tape repairs to title of fifth song and corresponding plate. Scattered foxing.