VIRGIL. CRANACH PRESS; LAFARGUE, Marc|MAILLOL, Aristide|KESSLER, Count Harry|GILL, Eric.

Eclogae. [The Eclogues of Vergil]. Les Eclogues de Virgile, Texte Latin et Traduction Francaise de Marc Lafargue. Illustrations D'Aristide Maillol.

Weimar: Cranach Presse, 1926.

The Cranach Press Virgil, With Woodcuts by Aristide Maillol

CRANACH PRESS. GILL, Eric, [illustrator]. KESSLER, Count Harry. LAFARGUE, Marc, [translator]. MAILLOL, Aristide, [illustrator]. VIRGIL. Eclogae. [The Eclogues of Vergil]. Les Eclogues de Virgile, Texte Latin et Traduction Francaise de Marc Lafargue. Illustrations D'Aristide Maillol. Weimar: Cranach Presse, 1926.

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[CRANACH PRESS]. VIRGIL. KESSLER, Count Harry. LAFARGUE, Marc, [translator]. MAILLOL, Aristide, [illustrator]. GILL, Eric, [illustrator]. Eclogae. [The Eclogues of Vergil]. [Les Eclogues de Virgile, Texte Latin et Traduction Francaise de Marc Lafargue. Illustrations D'Aristide Maillol (taken from front wrapper text)]. Weimar: Cranach Presse, 1926.

One of 250 numbered copies on Kessler-Maillol handmade rag Montval paper (of 292 copies in the total French edition), this being number 141. Quarto (12 7/8 x 10 inches; 328 x 255 mm.) [6], 110, [8] pp. Uncut. Forty-three original woodcuts by Maillol (including the cut on the front wrapper). Title-page and initials designed by Eric Gill. A German and an English version were printed simultaneously

Loose in original tan printed wrappers. All edges uncut. Housed in a quarter vellum portfolio. Portfolio with silk ties. Some very light scattered foxing, else a wonderful, near fine copy.

Kessler founded the Cranach Press in 1913. Influenced by the English private presses, Kessler achieved distinction in his books by employing experienced artists and craftsmen. Under the supervision of Emery Walker, Edwin Prince cut the punches for the roman type after Nicolas Jenson's 1470 Venetian type, Edward Johnston developed the italics and Eric Gill cut the initials. Maillol and his nephew developed a special handmade paper in a workshop at Montaval, France. A classical spirit pervades the Eclogae, with the harmonious composition of the type playing counterpoint to the slightly archaic grace of the figures.

The Artist & the Book 172.

HBS 69423.

$5,500.

Price: $5,500.00

Item #69423