Edouard Manet (1832-1883) Manet. Thirty original etchings. Paris, A. Strölin (formerly L. Dumont, 27 rue Laffitte), 1905. An album in-fol. [375 x 563] containing 30 etchings preceded by a slightly oxidised double printed leaf (preface by Th. Duret and index). Printed in bistré black. Full margins [325 x 450]. Printed vellum cover bearing a heliogravure reproduction of a portrait of Manet taken from Fantin-Latour's painting, Hommage à Delacroix (with traces of oxidation). Beige cloth portfolio with flaps and text printed in red (faded). Very rare complete. CR} Detail of the plates (the titles are those given by the publication; in square brackets those given by M. Guérin in his catalogue raisonné, as well as the dates established by the latter): - Title. Guitar and hat. [Hat and guitar; frontispiece for the book of fourteen etchings]. 1874. Etching and aquatint. 215 x 227. Guérin 62. A very fine proof on Hollande laid paper, the letter erased. Scattered light brown spots. - Le Guitarero. [The Spanish Singer, or The Guitarero]. 1860 [1861]. Etching and aquatint. 244 x 298. Guérin 16. Very fine proof on Hollande laid paper, the printer's name erased. Fine band of oxidation at the right edge of the folio. - The Kid with the Dog and the Shopping Bag. [The Kid]. 1862. Etching. 146 x 205. Guérin 27. Very fine proof on Hollande laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen". Small lack in the lower right corner. Fine band of oxidation at the right edge of the folio. - The Gitanos. 1861. [1862]. Etching. 237 x 316. Guérin 21. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper, the letter erased. Two tiny traces of ink in the margins. - Lola de Valence. 1861. [1862]. Etching and aquatint. 182 x 263. Guérin 23. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - The Little Girl Holding a Baby. [The Little Girl]. 1862. Etching. 118 x 206. Guérin 25. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - The Toilet. [1862]. Etching. 224 x 284. Guérin 26. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - The Dead Bullfighter. [1864]. Etching. 223 x 155. Guérin 33. Very nice proof on Holland laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen". - The Little Cavaliers, after Velasquez. [... after the painting attributed to Velasquez]. [1860]. Etching. 390 x 250. Guérin 8. Very fine proof on Hollande laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen", the letter erased. - Silentium. 1859-1860. [1860]. Etching. 156 x 292. Guérin 4. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - Mariano Camprubi. [The Baïlarin]. 1861 [1862]. Etching. 195 x 295. Guérin 24. Very fine proof on Hollande laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen". The lower left corner is corroded. - Gamin buvant à la régalade. [Le Buveur d'eau ou La Régalade]. 1861. Etching and drypoint. 157 x 236. Guérin 22. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - The Boy with the Dog. [The Boy and the Dog]. [1861]. Etching. 141 x 202. Guérin 17. Very fine proof on Hollande laid paper. - The Smoker. [The Smoker, 2nd pl.]. 1863. [1866]. Etching. 156 x 170 Guérin 49. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - The Smoker (in sketch). [The Smoker, 1st pl.]. 1863. [1866]. Etching and drypoint. 155 x 235. Guérin 48. Very fine proof on Hollande laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen". - The Infanta Margarita, after Velasquez. [1860]. Etching. 188 x 230 Guérin 6. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen". - Navy. [1864]. Etching. 200 x 140. Guérin 35. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - The Dream of the Sailor. [Théodore de Banville turned left; 2nd try]. [1874]. Etching and aquatint. 160 x 237. Guérin 61. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - The Philosopher. [1865]. Etching. 240 x 318. Guérin 43. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - Baudelaire in profile. [Baudelaire de profil en chapeau, 1re pl.] [1862]. Etching. 74 x 130. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen". - Edgar Poë. [Edgar Poe]. [Date uncertain]. Etching. 150 x 190. Guérin 55. A very fine proof on Hollande laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen". Fine dust band at the head of the folio. - Olympia. [Olympia, 2nd pl.] [1865]. Etching. 257 x 165. Guérin 40. Very fine proof on Hollande laid paper. Small light brown spots in the upper right corner. Fine dust band on the left edge of the folio. - Olympia. [Olympia, 1st pl.] [1865]. Etching. 178 x 87. Guérin 39. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper. - Child blowing a soap bubble. [L'Enfant aux bulles de savon]. [1869]. Etching. 210 x 253. Guérin 54. Very nice proof on Hollande laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen". - The Tragic Actor. [Rouvière as Hamlet]. 1865. Etching. 220 x 365. Guérin 44. Very fine proof on Hollande laid paper watermarked "Van Gelder Zonen". Small brownish soiling along the right edge. C