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17 - A Poor Village in France, illustrated by Jean Perrier, 1918
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Estimate €100 - €200
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A Poor Village in France, illustrated by Jean Perrier, 1918 René Benjamin The War – A Poor Village in France Paris, L’Edition de Luxe, 1918 Featuring 20 woodcuts in black and colour by Jean Perrier, destroyed after printing 39 x 29 cm, paperback (foxing) First edition, limited special edition in large format on vellum Enclosed: Autograph letter, 6 November 1917, Gaston Weil, publisher Dear Sir, following our discussions, it is understood that you will provide me with a short text of between three hundred and fifty and four hundred lines to serve as the text for Perrier’s woodcuts which I showed you. I shall be delighted to come and hear you read your text on Tuesday the 20th at around two o’clock at your home, and I shall bring the six hundred francs agreed for this piece. I would, however, ask you to kindly send me the title you have chosen as soon as possible...
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About the sale René Benjamin, the 20th-century Balzac scholar
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Auction time 10/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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