“Beautiful Dancer, Dressing” Illustration by Boilieu from 19th Century French Romance “La Femme et La Pantin” by Pierre Louys, 1889

High resolution reproductions of paperback romantic novels from 1888, The Lotus Blue series from Imprimerie de Nouvelles Collections Guillaume.

This is one of the ‘Femme et Pantin’ engravings are original 19th century French illustrations pulled from the private antique novel collection of Jai Voulu. The limited edition publications provide a glimpse into the Beaux Arts age: the moeurs, concerns and delights of France from the Ancien Régime to the Belle Epoque, with a little Revolution in between.