Rural domestics and country life portraits

Description

RENARD (Jules) Les Philippe, preceded by Patrie! Paris, Edouard Pelletan, 1907. Large octavo, 136 pages. Fine half-morocco binding with corners, gilt top edge, one corner slightly worn, covers and spine preserved, fresh interior. Numbered luxury edition 414/1000 copies on pure Marais chiffon paper (after 25 Japan and 75 China), bearing the publisher's hand signature. Illustrated with 101 original woodcuts, including eight monochromatic works, by Paul Colin. Careful typography in 2 colors. Fine copy. Vivid portrait of a rural world the author knew intimately. Inspired by the domestic servants managing the Chaumot estate, capturing their rustic ways, poverty, naïveté as a couple, and their relationship with their employers. First edition.