BURTY Philippe (ed.), MANET Edouard et al. (illustrators) “Sonnets et Eaux-Fortes”, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1869. First edition of this famous collection published by Alphonse Lemerre under the direction of Philippe Burty. One of the 350 copies printed on laid paper. Complete with the 42 sonnets illustrated by 42 etchings by famous artists of the time including Édouard Manet, with his Femme à la manila. The sonnets are works of the main poets of the time, such as Jean Aicard, Joseph Autran, Théodore de Banville, Antoni and Émile Deschamps, Anatole France, José Maria de Hérédia, Arsène Houssaye, Victor de Laprade, Laurent-Pichat, Leconte de Lisle, Catulle Mendès, Sainte-Beuve, Joséphin Soulary, Armand Sylvestre, Sully Prudhomme, Paul Verlaine, etc. Title page engraved by Alfred Prunaire after a composition by Édouard Renard. Paul Meurices sonnet is illustrated with an etching after a drawing by Victor Hugo. The complete list of the artists: Léon Gaucherel, Emile Lévy, Edmond Morin, Giacomotti, Célestin Nanteuil, Queyroy, Gustave Doré, Charles Courtry, Veyrassat, Ranvier, G. Howard, Jundt, Gérôme, Leys, Félix Régamcy, E. Edwards, Claudius Popelin, Seymour Haden, Tancrède Abraham, Lansyer, Français, Jules Héreau, Léopold Flameng, Corot, Jongkindt (Jongkind), Daubigny, Jacquemart, Ingomar Frankel, JF. Millet, Victor Hugo, Ehrmann, Edouard Manet, Victor Giraud, Maxime Lalanne, Ribot, Hédouin, Feyen-Perrin, Michelin, Bracquemond, Solon, Rajon, Boilvin. All the etchings are signed in the plate. 4to. Red morocco, spine with raised bands and decorations in gilt, boards paneled in gilt, gilt turn-ins , boards and marbled endpapers. Very light external rubbing, just occasional light spotting inside. Very Rare.