VIRGILE. - Lot 198

Lot n° 198
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Result : 8 846EUR
VIRGILE. - Lot 198
VIRGILE. The Eglogues. Weimar, Paris, Insel verlag, Cranach Presse, Galerie Druet, 1926. In-4, fawn morocco, set of gilt lozenges grouped in triangles sown on the boards and passing over the spine, standing out on a background of cold braces some enhanced by a silver fillet, inner frame decorated with a gilt fillet, ochre nubuck lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine (G. Cretté successor of Marius Michel). Original text and new translation by Marc Lafargue, printed by Harry Kessel. 44 original woodcuts by Aristide Maillol. Edition at 292 copies This is one of 36 copies on rich silk paper manufactured according to special processes by Count Kessler, Aristide and Gaspard Maillol in Monval near Marly-le-Roy. It contains 2 suites of woodcuts in black on japon and a suite in sanguine on chine monogrammed by Maillol. Binding listed by Marcel Garrigou, Georges Cretté, n°608.
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