Accession number
PML 143047-48
Creator
Laforgue, Jules, 1860-1887.
Published
London : Hacon & Ricketts ; Paris : Société du Mercure de France, 1897-1898.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Imprint from colophon.
Frontispiece illustrations, decorative initials, and 4 ornamental borders designed by Lucien Pissarro, with the designs in v. 1 engraved by him and those in v. 2 engraved by Esther Pissarro.
Printed in the Vale type; v. 1 printed in Epping (Essex), v. 2 in London.
"Le frontispice, les bordures et les lettres ornees ont ete dessines par Lucien Pissarro et grave sur bois par Esther Pissarro et le livre fut acheve d'imprimer le 24 Decembre M.DCCC.XCVIII. sur leur presse a Londres. Cette Edition est strictement limitee a deux cent vingt exemplaires, dont deux cents pour vente [first portion printed in all capitals]. En vente chez Messrs. Hacon & Ricketts, at the Sign of the Dial ... & A la Société du Mercure de France, 15, rue de l'Echaudé-Saint-Germain, Paris."--Colophon, v. 2.
Device of the Eragny Press on verso of colophon in v. 2.
One of an edition of 220 copies.
Frontispiece illustrations, decorative initials, and 4 ornamental borders designed by Lucien Pissarro, with the designs in v. 1 engraved by him and those in v. 2 engraved by Esther Pissarro.
Printed in the Vale type; v. 1 printed in Epping (Essex), v. 2 in London.
"Le frontispice, les bordures et les lettres ornees ont ete dessines par Lucien Pissarro et grave sur bois par Esther Pissarro et le livre fut acheve d'imprimer le 24 Decembre M.DCCC.XCVIII. sur leur presse a Londres. Cette Edition est strictement limitee a deux cent vingt exemplaires, dont deux cents pour vente [first portion printed in all capitals]. En vente chez Messrs. Hacon & Ricketts, at the Sign of the Dial ... & A la Société du Mercure de France, 15, rue de l'Echaudé-Saint-Germain, Paris."--Colophon, v. 2.
Device of the Eragny Press on verso of colophon in v. 2.
One of an edition of 220 copies.
Description
2 v. (cxi; cxxvi p.) : ill. (wood engravings) ; 22 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's decorated paper boards (wood sorrel pattern).
Classification
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