Renoir et ses amis

Paris: H. Floury, editeur, 1921. Hardbound. VG or better copy. The drypoint etching printed on Wove paper is in excellent condition. Cover (which is an original lithograph also) is in excellent condition, but is harmed by being bound-into the cloth along it's extreme left edge. The book has very nice shelf appeal, with a leathe rlabel showing some wear. Original color-illus. wraps finely bound-into coarse woven beige cloth. with remnants of leather spine label. 273 pp.; 58 plates, 12 in color (including the frontis) and 2 dry-point; several bw illustrations within the text, including 2 bw photographs of Renoir. Text in French. Lists of all illustrations are included. This copy is not numbered and does not appear to be one of the special 150 copies printed on Japan paper. contains two original drypoint etchings as per the contents: "La Danse a la Campagne" on page 66, and "Jeunes Filles Fleurissant Leurs Chapeaux" on page 226 (which has a distinct plate impression on the reverse which is lacking on the first). Over-all, a very nice copy with clear bw images and vibrancy in the color plates. Written in 15 chapters, including coverage of the expositions of 1874, 1876, and 1877, Renoir's atelier on Rue Saint-Georges, the soiress of Madame Charpentier, and so much more. Rare with both plates. (Inventory #: 181928)