Andre, Albert (vol. 1) and Elder, M. Marc (vol. 2) — L'Atelier de Renoir

France, MM. Bernheim-Jeune, 1931. one of 500 sets printed. Hardcover. Red buckram. Volume 1: 9 pp. followed by 114 bw plates illustrating 363 works, Volume 2: 32 pp. followed bvy plates 115-228 illustrating works 364-720. Text in French. "When he died, in 1919, Renoir left a considerable number of paintings and drawings in his atelier. These were the works which the master chose not to sell during his lifetime, but instead to live with in his home." Messrs. Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune catalogued these works, published here in 1931. Fair only, in matching red buckram cloth bindings. Vol. 1 text block is broken but in Good+ condition with no excessive wear or tearing to the sheet edges. Both volume exhibit age toning to page extremities and overall brittleness to the sheets. Best thought of as a complete utility set .