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THE ECLOGUES OF VERGIL IN THE ORIGINAL LATIN WITH AN ENGLISH PROSE TRANSLATION BY J. H. MASON: & WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN AND CUT ON WOOD BY ARISTIDE MAILLOL by Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro, 70 B.C - 19 B.C.) - 1927
by Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro, 70 B.C - 19 B.C.)
THE ECLOGUES OF VERGIL IN THE ORIGINAL LATIN WITH AN ENGLISH PROSE TRANSLATION BY J. H. MASON: & WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN AND CUT ON WOOD BY ARISTIDE MAILLOL
by Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro, 70 B.C - 19 B.C.)
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Weimar: The Cranach Press, 1927. No. 105 of 225 copies (Nos. 201 to 225 were not for sale). There was also a German edition and a French edition. Occasional light spotting to the text, else fine with slight bumps to outer corners. No. 105 of 225 copies (Nos. 201 to 225 were not for sale). There was also a German edition and a French edition. Folio. 116p. Printed on Maillol-Kessler paper hand-made from pure hemp fibre and linen, and sold by Emery Walker. Eric Gill designed and cut the title and lettering around and fourteen initials ornamented by Maillol. With forty-three illustrations drawn and cut in wood by Aristide Maillol (1861-1944). Set by Erich Dressler and Walter Tanz in Jensen roman and Johnston italic. Bound in full crimson crushed morocco with simple vertical gilt spine title of artist and author, t.e.g. (The binding is signed in blind on the rear turn-in which is hard to decipher, but we believe it to be W.L. Smith & Sons). The Book as a Work of Art, The Cranach press of Count Harry Kessler, no. 67; The Artist & The Book, no. 172.
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- Book Condition Used - Occasional light spotting to the text, else fine with slight bumps to outer corners
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- Edition No. 105 of 225 copies (Nos. 201 to 225 were not for sale). There
- Publisher The Cranach Press
- Place of Publication Weimar
- Date Published 1927