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London: A. Zwemmer [printed in Paris by Philippe Gonin], 1937. Limited Edition. Fine. Aristide Maillol (1861-1944). 8vo, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (200 x 132 mm); pp. [6 (blank)] + vi +211 + colophon + [12 (blank)]; Copy 21 of 250 numbered copies on hand-made Maillol paper and SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the colophon, with 52 original woodcuts, and 4 woodcut initials, printed in bistre; leading and bottom edges deckled. Full vellum with laced-in thongs, gilt lettering on spine, faint; pencil notations and tipped in label from earlier booksellers on inside front cover, edges stained on first 2 and last 2 blanks. EXTRA SUITE of 45 WOODCUTS in a separate vellum portfolio, printed in black. Fine copy in simple cardboard slipcase. Colophon: "Aristide Maillol engraved with his own hand the wood-cuts which illustrate this book, The text is that of Thronley's translation of 1657, revised and augmented. Philippe Gonin of Paris undertook the achievement of this work, and printed it on his hand-press, for A. Zwemmer,…
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Daphnis and Chloe. A Most Sweet and Pleasant Romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek of Longus by Geo. Thornley
by [LONGUS] MAILLOL, Aristide (illustrator)
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London: A. Zwemmer (and printed in Paris by Philippe Gonin), 1937. Very Good. London, A. Zwemmer (and printed in Paris by Philippe Gonin), 1937. Octavo, [vi], 211, [1] (colophon) pages (with leading and bottom edges deckled) with 56 woodcut illustrations by Maillol (the title page, one full-page illustration, 50 illustrations throughout the text, and four small woodcut initials, all printed in taupe). Full vellum with laced-in thongs, with the title in gilt on the spine; spine very lightly sunned; occasional spots of foxing (almost all of it marginal) to 24 pages at the rear of the book (between pages 170 and 205); an excellent copy with the original slipcase (a little stained and worn, and lacking the top edge). Number 92 of 250 copies signed in pencil on the colophon by Aristide Maillol. The work 'was printed on hand-made paper manufactured by an old process rediscovered by Aristide Maillol', who 'engraved with his own hand the wood-cuts which illustrate this book. The text is that of Thornley's translation of 1657, revised and augmented. Philippe Gonin of Paris undertook the achievement of this work, and he printed it on his hand-press, for A. Zwemmer, London. Paris, December 7th, 1937'.
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- Publisher A. Zwemmer (and printed in Paris by Philippe Gonin)
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1937
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Daphnis and Chloe; A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastoral Romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek of Longus by Geo. Thornley
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