Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Renan, Ernest. Rudaux, Edmond. Le broyeur de lin. Avec préface des souvenirs d’enfance et de jeunesse.

With 27 orig. etchings by Edmond Rudaux, accompanied by an extra suite „avant la lettre“. XXIV, 71 pp. Large 8vo. Decorated brown grained morocco over 4 raised bands, silk paste-downs and flyleaves (sign. Ch. Meunier). In matching slip-case. Orig. printed wrappers bound in. – Paris, L. Conquet/L. Carteret successeurs, 1901.

No. 90 of 150 numbered copies „de grand choix“ on Japon vélin du Marais. of a total limited edition of 300. With extra suite of all etchings and with 4 pp. subscription leaflet bound in at the end. With engr. exlibris „Friedrich Imhof-Blumer“ on second flyleaf. – Carteret IV, 337 (“Une des meilleures illustrations d’Edmond Rudaux.“) – Fine copy in a decorative Meunier binding. – Best.-Nr. 19696