Félicien Rops (1833-1898), design for the book frontispiece of 'Histoire de la Sainte Chandelle d'Arras', ink drawing, 13,5 x 20,5 (+)The book 'Histoire de la Sainte Chandelle d'Arras' by Henri Joseph Du Laurens is decorated with etchings by Félicien Rops. The work was published in 1881 in Brussels by Henri Kistemaeckers. The present drawing here is a preparatory design for the frontispiece of the published book, and is not signed but dated in the right bottom corner '1880'.(+) Including a certificate by Jean Pierre Babut du Mares in 1975.