Anatole LE BRAZ

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half sky blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, owner's name and double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Anatole Le Braz to Emilie de Villiers.

Rare original lithograph, executed by Henri Guinier for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 21 published in January 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, blue laid paper mounted on Japan paper, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on the verso; print preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, title, and an extract from a work.
Lithograph inspired by a song from Chansons de Bretagne by Anatole Le Braz, reproduced on the tissue guard of the print.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between

Rare original lithograph, executed by Henri Guinier for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 21 published in January 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on the verso, some foxing.
Lithograph inspired by a song from Chansons de Bretagne by Anatole Le Braz.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres