HESIODE. FRANCE (Anatole). The works and days... Lot 22

HESIODE. FRANCE (Anatole). The works and days of Hesiod. New translation by Paul Mazon. Followed by La terre et l'homme by Anatole France. Paris, Pelletan, 1912. In-4, brown half-maroquin à la Bradel and with corners, spine decorated with a large frame of gilt fillets and irons including a motif of ears of corn, gilt titles, gilt fillet on the covers, gilt head, cover and spine preserved [Canape] (some rubbing, including to the lower cuts and corners). Edition illustrated with 114 woodcuts by Paul Colin. Limited edition of 375 copies: one of 339 on vélin à la Cuve du Marais; enriched with a suite of all the engravings in artist's proofs, printed on Chine. Only 15 copies of this suite were printed on Chine. The prospectus of the work (8 pages) is bound at the end.