LE BRAZ (Anatole) - Au pays des pardons - Paris; Auguste Blaizot, René Kieffer, collection éclectique, 1912 - 1 large volume In-4° - Very rare small scattered foxing (more marked on endpapers) - 34 original etchings hors texte by Peters-Destéract, engraved in intaglio, under captioned serpents - Beautiful contemporary full chocolate-brown morocco binding signed René Kieffer in bordered slipcase - Copper plate of 1 of the etchings inlaid on the 1st board (with some patina, particularly on the outlines) - Double filleted cold frame on the counter boards - Covers and spine preserved - Smooth spine decorated with cold fillets and gold titling - Gilt head - Very good numbered copy (n°5 of 50, total edition : 150), with 3 states of the etchings, including the pure etching, the 2nd and 3rd states with remarks bound in fine. With Le Pays des Pardons, Anatole Le Braz celebrates the most traditional manifestations of faith in Brittany, with the pardon of the poor (Saint-Yves), the pardon of the singers (Rumengol), the pardon of the mountain (La Troménie de Saint Ronan) and the pardon of the sea (Sainte-Anne de la Palud) - 1 of René Kieffer's 1st editions, here with Blaizot, in 1 beautifully executed binding.