Lotto 154 - A202 Libri e autografi - mercoledì, 21. settembre 2022, 14h00
Maillol, Aristide -
Vergilius Maro, Publius.
Les Éclogues de Virgile texte latin et traduction francaise de Marc Lafargue. With 43 original woodcuts by Aristide Maillol and initials by Eric Gill.
Weimar, Cranach-Presse for H. Kessler, 1926. Gr.-4°. [3] sheets, 110 p. Loose sheets in original wrapper with cover title and vignette in half vellum cover with gilt spine (some foxing, minimal browning and rubbing).
Guérin 16-59 - Müller-Krumbach 41 - Monod 11336 - From Manet to Hockney 30 - Garvey/Wick 14 - Artist and the Book 172 - Collection Classen 49. - 1 of 250 numbered copies on Maillol Kessler handmade paper (total edition 292). - The Eclogues (Latin: Eclogae or Bucolica) are a collection of ten pastoral poems by Virgil, probably written between 42 and 39 BC. Although ancient commentators also assumed this publication period, according to recent research, a date up to 35 BC is also conceivable. Probably one of the most beautiful German bibliophile books of the 20th century, decorated with Maillol's first book woodcuts. "The Vergil has become a perfect book in every respect and is considered by many connoisseurs to be the most beautiful book of the 20th century printed in Germany ever" (Eyssen p. 94). - Minimal foxing.
CHF 800 / 1 200 | (€ 820 / 1 240)
Venduto per CHF 1 250 (incl. premio dell'acquirente)
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