BALZAC, Honoré de (1799-1850). Scènes de la Vie de Campagne: Les Paysans. Illustrations et Eaux-Fortes de Georges Jeanniot, Paris: Société des Amis du Livre Moderne, 1911, sm. 4°, limited to 150 copies on papier vélin, this number 71 of 125 copies reserved for members of the Society with the subscriber's name, Robert-J. Rolo, printed on preliminary leaf, etched plates and illustrations after Jeanniot, headings printed in red with marginal decorations in green, contemporary morocco by CHARLES MEUNIER signed and dated 1928, spine compartments lettered in gilt (a little rubbed), elaborate gilt inner dentelles, brown silk doublures, original wrappers, both with etched subjects, preserved, g.e., slipcase [Talvart & Place I, p. 167: 94B]; and 4 other works by Balzac, Chateaubriant, Colette and Samain, printed for the Société du Livre d' Art, all subscribed for by Robert-J. Rolo, and similarly bound by Meunier (two vols. affected by spotting or browning). (5)

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BALZAC, Honoré de (1799-1850). Scènes de la Vie de Campagne: Les Paysans. Illustrations et Eaux-Fortes de Georges Jeanniot, Paris: Société des Amis du Livre Moderne, 1911, sm. 4°, limited to 150 copies on papier vélin, this number 71 of 125 copies reserved for members of the Society with the subscriber's name, Robert-J. Rolo, printed on preliminary leaf, etched plates and illustrations after Jeanniot, headings printed in red with marginal decorations in green, contemporary morocco by CHARLES MEUNIER signed and dated 1928, spine compartments lettered in gilt (a little rubbed), elaborate gilt inner dentelles, brown silk doublures, original wrappers, both with etched subjects, preserved, g.e., slipcase [Talvart & Place I, p. 167: 94B]; and 4 other works by Balzac, Chateaubriant, Colette and Samain, printed for the Société du Livre d' Art, all subscribed for by Robert-J. Rolo, and similarly bound by Meunier (two vols. affected by spotting or browning). (5)

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