Adam (Paul) - Renault (Malo), *The Black Snake*. Paris: For - Lot 169

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Adam (Paul) - Renault (Malo), *The Black Snake*. Paris: For - Lot 169
Adam (Paul) - Renault (Malo), *The Black Snake*. Paris: For the Hundred Bibliophiles, 1913. 1 paperback volume, large 8vo, gray covers illustrated and embossed in color and gold, with dust jacket and slipcase; minor flaws on the dust jacket. Printed in a run of 130 copies; personalized copy No. 92 for Georges Teyssier. The book includes 108 etchings and drypoints drawn and engraved in color by Malo Renault. The illustrations required studies from life gathered in the Vannes region, on Belle-Île-en-Mer, and in Cornouaille; these studies were completed from June to October 1909. First illustrated edition of this novel, set in southern Brittany, from Belle-Île to the Pointe du Raz. The text block is partially detached from the spine. A very clean copy, featuring a color drawing (28 x 21 cm) in pencil and charcoal, signed by Malo Renault and dated “Saint-Malo 1914.”
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