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Clio
1900: bound volume with 42 wood-engraved illustrations on Chine paper, including 1 illustrated cover heightened with gold, 1 title with vignette, 12 color engravings (7 full-page), and a lower cover device. The cover and 12 illustrations are each present in 3 states, as a monochrome, in color, and as published; the vignette for the lower cover is present in 2 states; book: 20.5 × 14.8 × 2 cm (8 1/16 × 5 13/16 × 13/16 in.); Bridges 1980, no. L25; Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection; 2016.99.1; Not on View

Louis Barthou (1862-1934), French (bookplate). (Sims Reed, London); Purchased 2016 by NGA.

1980: Bridges, Ann. Alphonse Mucha: the complete graphic works. New York, 1980: no. L25.

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