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HOMER. Die Odyssee. Translated by Rudolf Alexander Schröder. Weimar: printed under the direction of Kessler by R. Wagner and Son, sold by Insel Verlag, 1907-1910.
2 volumes, 4° (297 x 213mm). Titles printed in red and black from type by Eric Gill, and with woodcut vignettes by and after Maillol, woodcut printer's devices by Gill on colophons. Woodcut initials by Gill, 3 decorated by Maillol and printed in red and black. Printed in Caslon Antiqua in red and black. Original vellum-backed, colour-printed paper-covered boards, the spine lettered in red and gilt-decorated (light, unobtrusive marking, corners very lightly rubbed).
NUMBER 211 OF 425 COPIES. Gill Eric Gill (1991) 308; Müller-Krumbach 'Katalog' 17-17a. (2)
2 volumes, 4° (297 x 213mm). Titles printed in red and black from type by Eric Gill, and with woodcut vignettes by and after Maillol, woodcut printer's devices by Gill on colophons. Woodcut initials by Gill, 3 decorated by Maillol and printed in red and black. Printed in Caslon Antiqua in red and black. Original vellum-backed, colour-printed paper-covered boards, the spine lettered in red and gilt-decorated (light, unobtrusive marking, corners very lightly rubbed).
NUMBER 211 OF 425 COPIES. Gill Eric Gill (1991) 308; Müller-Krumbach 'Katalog' 17-17a. (2)
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