CHAINE (Pierre). *The Memoirs of a Rat. - Lot 62

CHAINE (Pierre). *The Memoirs of a Rat. With a preface by Anatole France. & **Ferdinand’s Commentaries (...). Paris: Dan. Niestlé, 1920–1921. 2 in-8 volumes, half-morocco with black corners, gilt fillet bordering the covers, plain spine adorned with a mosaic design depicting a rat on the first volume, a soldier’s helmet, and a canteen on the second; gilt head; covers and spine preserved (bound by Yseux, successor to Simier). Illustrated with 2 frontispieces, 2 plates, and 74 (36 + 38) etched vignettes, composed and engraved by POLLAT. FIRST EDITION, a one-time printing of these moving memoirs of the Great War. One of 300 copies printed on bouffant laid paper for the first volume and on coarse bamboo-fiber paper for the second; the latter is enhanced with 3 plates, each containing 2 vignettes.