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ONE OF ONLY 375 COPIES, WITH AN ORIGINAL RENOIR ETCHING

Vollard: La vie et l'oeuvre de Pierre-August Renoir[RENOIR, PIERRE-AUGUSTE]. VOLLARD, AMBROISE.

La vie et l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir

FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, with original glassine, one of 375 copies on velin d’arches (from a total edition of 1000). Magnificently illustrated with ONE ORIGINAL ETCHING by Renoir and 51 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVED PLATES after Renoir and numerous illustrations of Renoir’s work throughout the text.

Paris: Ambrose Vollard, 1919. Quarto, original wrappers, original glassine. With one original etching, 51 engraved plates and 162 illustrations in the text. A few chips to glassince. Fine condition, extremely rare in original wrappers. $14,000.

Custom boxes available: cloth box = $300; half-leather = $450.

 

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