ERAGNY PRESS. MOSELLY, Emile. PISSARRO, Camille. ~ La Charrue d'Erable. [The Maple-Wood Plough].
One of 116 copies, this no.33 for George Coste of the Livre Contemporain. Wood engraved title page border in 3 colours, 12 illustrations each printed from 4 blocks designed by Camille Pissarro and engraved on wood by Lucien Pissarro, historiated initials, headpieces and tailpieces designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Lucien and Esther Pissarro. Printed in Brook type on Arches paper with watermarks of Le Livre Contemporain and the Eragny Press. 8vo., original green full limp lampskin lettered in gilt, inside pastedown in cream lambskin tooled in gilt with apple motifs and the monogram of Le Livre Contemporain. The hinges have been reinforced but the lambskiin is bright and unmarked with a little darkening to the spine, free endpapers with offset from the pastedowns as usual. A very attractive copy in a later sympathetic morocco edges green paper covered slipcase.
La Charrue d'Erable or The Maple-wood Plough comprised 12 short chapters on a rural theme written by Emile Moselly to match 12 drawings by Camille Pissarro. Pissarro matched the beauty of his father's drawing with his skill as an engraver and printer, producing outstanding four block printing. A real masterpiece.