Le Chat noir N°171 de la quatrième année du samedi 18 avril 1885
1885réf. 92454Paris: Le Chat noir 1885. Fine. Le Chat noir Paris 18 avril 1885 31 x 44.5 cm En feuillets First edition. The issue consists of four pages and includes a comic strip by Ferdinandus: ""Les Elections pour le Jury du Salon"". Literary contributions by Jean Rameau with the poem ""Parfait amour"" Alphonse Allais with ""Chronique en l'air"" Camille de Sainte-Croix with ""Les préjugés de M Bosselet"" George Auriol with ""Ernest"". A fine copy despite occasional foxing. Le Chat noir was a weekly magazine founded by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau published from 1882 to 1897 intended to promote the famous cabaret of the same name of which it served as a record. It featured texts performed during the shows and stands as an important literary and artistic testimony to the bohemian life and cultural effervescence of late 19th-century Paris. Le Chat noir unknown
