(ROPS). GLATIGNY, Albert - Le fer rouge. Nouveaux châtiments. France et Belgique, Chez tous les libraires, 1870 [= Brussels, Poulet-Malassis, 1871]. Original wrappers. (4), 76 p. Uncut. With an original etching by Félicien Rops printed in red. Printed on papier de Hollande. First edition. Spine worn, cover a bit yellowed. Rare first edition with the frontispice etching, ridiculing Napoleon III and Maréchal Bazaine who are being branded with a red iron ('fer rouge') because of the Battle of Sedan and the Siege of Metz, while a vulture is sitting on skulls in a prison.
EUR 220.00 [Appr.: US$ 255.89 | £UK 190.75 | JP¥ 37943] Book number 265139
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