[Etchings by Renoir & Pissarro] Gustave Geffroy. La vie artistique. 3rd & 5th-8th série

Paris, H. Floury, 1894-1903, 5 (of 8) vols. from the series, with etched frontispieces by Renoir (vol. 3), Pissarro (vol. 6) and Daniel Vierge (vol. 7) and lithographed frontispieces by Fantin-Latour (vol. 5) and Willette (vol. 8), original uniform wrapper, small 8vo.

The etching by Renoir: Delteil 8, second state ("Le Chapeau Épinglé"); the etching by Pissarro: Delteil 126, 7th state (of 7) ("Paysans portant du foin"). Wrapper vol. 3 sl. tanned/ stained, vol. 6 with traces of silverfish, and tanning to spine. The other vols. with similar small defects. Vol. 8 bookblock broken in several parts (backstrip split and pasted). Added: another (poor) copy of vol. 8. (total 6)