The Salon by Clergue, Helen - 1907: A Study of French Society and Personalties in the Eighteenth Century

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 359 pages plus advertising, illustrated with handsome black and white plates, most tissue protected with red captions on the tissue. A study of four women who kept salons; meeting places for the intellectual and artistic Parisian society of the day. Tweedy blue cloth binding with brown title block and gilt titles and decorations on spine and gilt framed black and white paste down illustration on front cover. Spine block damaged, obscuring titles, some edge wear and tanning of cover, gilt on spine faded but bright on front cover, corners and spine ends bumped, light spotting, hinges weak, interior pages bright and clean with some minor tanning to tissue protectors, binding otherwise tight.

Measures 6 x 9 inches.