Accession number
PML 141530
Creator
Virgil.
Published
[Weimar, Germany] : Cranach Presse, 1926.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Illustrated with 43 wood engravings by Maillol; with title page and initials designed and cut by Eric Gill and Maillol.
"Vergili Eclogae: recognoverunt Thomas Achelis et Alfred Koerte; ornaverunt A. Maillol et E. Gill; impressit Harry Comes de Kessler in aedibus suis Cranach Presse Vimariae anno MCMXXVI"--Half-t.p. verso.
Printer and publisher statement from original wrappers; date from colophon.
Edition of 294 copies; including 250 on handmade rag paper, 36 on Kessler-Maillol silk rag, and 8 on parchment.
Library has copy no. 29 of 250 copies printed on handmade rag paper.
Printed on wove paper with watermark of a seated nude and the initials "MK"( i.e. Maillol-Kessler).
French and English editions were also issued.
"Vergili Eclogae: recognoverunt Thomas Achelis et Alfred Koerte; ornaverunt A. Maillol et E. Gill; impressit Harry Comes de Kessler in aedibus suis Cranach Presse Vimariae anno MCMXXVI"--Half-t.p. verso.
Printer and publisher statement from original wrappers; date from colophon.
Edition of 294 copies; including 250 on handmade rag paper, 36 on Kessler-Maillol silk rag, and 8 on parchment.
Library has copy no. 29 of 250 copies printed on handmade rag paper.
Printed on wove paper with watermark of a seated nude and the initials "MK"( i.e. Maillol-Kessler).
French and English editions were also issued.
Description
[3], 110, [5] p. : ill. (wood engraving) ; 35 x 27 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Original wrappers in vellum-backed case.
Classification
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