12 Chansons. Tirees des Recueils Anciens par les soins d'un Amateur avec les principaux Couplets de l'époque et des Illustrations nouvelles de Mr. Guy Arnoux, Artiste à Paris

Paris: Paul Dupont. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown. Very Good. Richly colored pochoir plates, most with a military subject. (Also hunting, early 19th century fashion, the racetrack, Frère Jacque.) N.d., circa 1910s. Oblong, 25 by 33 cm. 26 pp. A dozen pochoir plates. (Table of contents, pochoir plate on left, song with musical notation on right, last page with publication info.) Arnoux's illustrations have a deliberately naive quality, with big splashes of bold color, and are invariably visually arresting. The leaves are doubled over or folded (truncated) over Japanese style. Cover is soiled. Rebacked. Heavy wear to edges, with chipping of edge paper pastedown. Prelim blank is chipped and creased. Actual content well-preserved and clean, with pochoirs bright and lovely. (Inventory #: 004374)