LONGUS. - MAILLOL (Aristide )Daphnis et Chloé. [Paris : Les frères Gonin], 1937. - In-8, 219 x 138 : (4 ff. first 3 blanks), 217 pp, (3 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. In sheets, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. Beautiful edition realized with the collaboration of Gustave Édouard Gentil, proposing the Pastorales de Longus in the version of Amyot, revised and completed by Paul-Louis Courier. It is illustrated with 48 original woodcuts by Aristide MAILLOL (1861-1944), including one on the cover and one on the title. The edition was printed at 500 copies on Maillol paper, plus a few off the market. This is one of the offprints marked with Roman numerals, numbered "C CCV", initialed by the publisher at the justification, and signed by Maillol at the colophon. It is enriched with a suite of 22 of Maillol's 48 woodcuts, mostly printed on white laid paper. A very well preserved copy despite some minor marginal foxing to the proofs of the suite.
Estimate
€400 - €500
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
28%
LONGUS. - MAILLOL (Aristide
)Daphnis et Chloé.
[Paris : Les frères Gonin], 1937. - In-8, 219 x 138 : (4 ff. first 3 blanks), 217 pp, (3 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. In sheets, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase.
Beautiful edition realized with the collaboration of Gustave Édouard Gentil, proposing the Pastorales de Longus in the version of Amyot, revised and completed by Paul-Louis Courier. It is illustrated with 48 original woodcuts by Aristide MAILLOL (1861-1944), including one on the cover and one on the title.
The edition was printed at 500 copies on Maillol paper, plus a few off the market. This is one of the offprints marked with Roman numerals, numbered "C CCV", initialed by the publisher at the justification, and signed by Maillol at the colophon. It is enriched with a suite of 22 of Maillol's 48 woodcuts, mostly printed on white laid paper.
A very well preserved copy despite some minor marginal foxing to the proofs of the suite.
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