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139 - BALZAC, Honoré de and JEANNIOT, Georges. Scenes from Country…
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BALZAC, Honoré de and JEANNIOT, Georges. Scenes from Country Life. The Peasants. A bibliophile’s edition illustrated with 50 original engravings by Georges Jeanniot, including 24 full-page plates. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies; this one is one of the ten reserved for the collaborating artists, bound in full mosaic morocco by Charles Meunier. Paris, Société des Amis du Livre Moderne, 1911. In-4, full chestnut morocco, spine with four false raised bands highlighted by blind-stamped fillets extending onto the covers and adorned with a stamped branch with mosaic leaves; front cover adorned with the same leafy and floral blind-stamped decoration, with green and caramel-coloured mosaic running along the outer and lower margins; inner frame of chestnut morocco leather adorned with a green morocco leather band enhanced by gilt fillets featuring mosaic-style interlaced plant motifs; edges gilt on endpapers, covers and spine preserved, in a lined slipcase. Binding signed ‘Ch. Meunier 1912’. 377 pp., 50 etchings including a frontispiece, 23 full-page plates and illustrated covers. Spine slightly sun-faded; some normal wear to the slipcase. A very fine edition of Honoré de Balzac’s *Scènes de la vie de campagne*, illustrated with 50 original compositions by Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934), beautifully etched, including 24 full-page plates. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies on handmade paper; this is one of the last ten personalised copies reserved for the Artists Collaborating with the Society (no. 150 for ‘M. Cumin-Masson’). Charles Meunier (1866–1948), who was responsible for producing this edition for the Société des Amis du Livre Moderne, also created the prestigious full morocco mosaic binding with a slipcase, which encases this exquisite volume. A fine example of the Belle Époque.
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