Anatole LE BRAZ. Around the Pardons. Original... Lot 1

Anatole LE BRAZ. Around the Pardons. Original etchings by Péters-Destéract. Paris, Blaizot et Kieffer, Collection Eclectique, 1912, in-4 bound full green morocco, spine with 4 sautéed nerves decorated with mosaic thistles framed with gold and dotted fillets, mosaic dishes decorated with thistles joined by full and dotted framing fillets forming a rosette joining 4 central thistles. Counter plates with painted decoration of dead trees signed René Leclerc, bordered by a morocco return with double framing fillets, painted guards with art deco motif of broom branches, double marbled paper guard. Gilded head, cover and back preserved, under interlocking. Binding signed René Kieffer. Illustrated with 34 off-text etchings by Albert Péters-Destéract. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies, one of the 50 head copies (n°28) with three etchings states including the pure etching.