Accession number
PML 141998
Creator
Longus.
Published
London : A. Zwemmer, 1937.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Translation of: Poimenika ta kata Daphnin kai Chloēn.
"Of this book, 250 copies, numbered and signed, have been printed on hand made paper manufactured by an old process rediscovered by Aristide Maillol. ..."--T.p. verso.
Library has copy no. 127.
"Aristide Maillol engraved ... the wood-cuts which illustrate this book. The text is that of Thornley's translation of 1657, revised and augmented. Phillipe Gonin of Paris undertook the achievement of this work, and printed it on his hand-press, for A. Zwemmer, London"--Colophon.
Signed below colophon in pencil by Maillol.
"Of this book, 250 copies, numbered and signed, have been printed on hand made paper manufactured by an old process rediscovered by Aristide Maillol. ..."--T.p. verso.
Library has copy no. 127.
"Aristide Maillol engraved ... the wood-cuts which illustrate this book. The text is that of Thornley's translation of 1657, revised and augmented. Phillipe Gonin of Paris undertook the achievement of this work, and printed it on his hand-press, for A. Zwemmer, London"--Colophon.
Signed below colophon in pencil by Maillol.
Description
211 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 21 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full vellum in slipcase.
Classification
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