Two oversized volumes bound in black blind stamp illustrated leather boards with "Theodore Wernwag" gilt stamped on front covers; 5 raised bands on spines with gilt lettering; blue silk inside front cover and front and rear end papers; title page has a bw illustration with red and black lettering; Volume 1: IV, 192 pp; Volume 2: starts with page 193-384; bw illustrations and color steel plates throughout both volumes. "Of this edition there are only printed 100 numbered copies. On paper from the Imperial Manufactories of Japan. Each Plate followed by a duplicate impression of the same, without text or letters. No. 46"--Title page verso. Contents include: v. 1. W. Bouguereau / René Ménard. J. Israels / Ph. Zilcken. Jules Breton / E. Montrosier. J.-Paul Laurens / Ferinand Fabre. Van Marcke / René Ménard. F.-A. Bridgman / Edward Strahan. Jules Lefebvre / Jules Claretie. J. de Nittis / Emile Blémont. H.-W. Mesdag / Ph. Zilcken. J.-L. Gérome / Jules Claretie. M. Munkacsy / Saint-Juirs. Char