Accession number
PML 195840
Published
Paris : Alphonse Derenne, 52, Boulevard Saint-Michel, [1876]
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Engelhard and children in memory of Mr. Charles Engelhard, 1974.
Notes
Publisher's poster announcing the publication of L'après-midi d'un faune by Stéphane Mallarmé, illustrated by Édouard Manet.
Text printed in red and black, wood engraving after Manet printed in black.
"Cette affiche ne peut être apposée qu'a l'intérieur / Paris -- Imp. Motteroz, 31, rue du Dragon"--Printed at bottom of sheet.
Text printed in red and black, wood engraving after Manet printed in black.
"Cette affiche ne peut être apposée qu'a l'intérieur / Paris -- Imp. Motteroz, 31, rue du Dragon"--Printed at bottom of sheet.
Description
1 print (poster) : wood engraving ; 36.5 x 29 cm
Provenance
Acquired by Adolphe Tabarant; by descent to his daughter Lucienne Tabarant; sold by her to Mina Curtiss in 1960.
Summary
Letterpress poster with wood-engraved vignette of Leaves in the Grass (55 x 53 mm), used as the ex-libris illustration in the printed book.
Binding
Matted and housed in blue drop-spine box.
Classification
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