GOUDEAU (Émile). Paris which consumes. Paris, Printed for Henri Béraldi, 1893. In-4, bradel old pink half calf with corners, smooth spine decorated in ink with the title and the drawing of a woman drinking tea, covers and spine preserved, not trimmed (E. Carayon). False title, frontispiece, title, (1) f., IX pp. 325 pp. First edition of this pleasant table of Parisian drinking places (bars, brasseries, gardens, cafés up to theaters), with the description of menus and drinks... It is decorated with a frontispiece and 50 full-page drawings in the text in colors by Pierre Vidal. Unique edition at 138 copies on vélin des Vosges. This one, printed especially for Auguste Zakrzewski (with ex-libris) is decorated on the back of the binding with an original drawing in ink. Calf soiled and rubbed. Spine faded. Bitting, 194.

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