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VERGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 B.C.). Eclogae & Georgica. English translation by J.H. Mason. Weimar: Die Cranach Presse, sold by Emery Walker Limited, 1926.
2° (325 x 247mm). Text in Latin and English. Title with woodcut vignette by and after Maillol, woodcut press device by and after Aristide Maillol and Eric Gill on verso of colophon. 42 woodcut illustrations by and after Maillol, woodcut initials by Gill and Maillol. (Lacking additional suite of woodcuts.) Loose as issued in the original printed wrappers, the upper cover with woodcut illustration by and after Maillol, glassine dust-wrapper, original colour-stencilled paper-covered chemise, original vellum-backed portfolio, titled in orange on the upper cover, lettered in orange on the spine (minor marking and splitting on portfolio).
NUMBER XXXII OF 33 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPAN, the edition limited to 264 copies. Loosely inserted in this copy are a copy of the 4-page, folio prospectus for the work (illustrated with one of Maillol's woodcuts and one of the initials), and an order form. The present copy is one of the hors de commerce copies from the 33 numbered I to XXXIII, of which XXVI to XXXIII were not for sale. From Manet to Hockney 30; Gill Eric Gill 328; Müller-Krumbach 'Katalog' 43.
2° (325 x 247mm). Text in Latin and English. Title with woodcut vignette by and after Maillol, woodcut press device by and after Aristide Maillol and Eric Gill on verso of colophon. 42 woodcut illustrations by and after Maillol, woodcut initials by Gill and Maillol. (Lacking additional suite of woodcuts.) Loose as issued in the original printed wrappers, the upper cover with woodcut illustration by and after Maillol, glassine dust-wrapper, original colour-stencilled paper-covered chemise, original vellum-backed portfolio, titled in orange on the upper cover, lettered in orange on the spine (minor marking and splitting on portfolio).
NUMBER XXXII OF 33 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPAN, the edition limited to 264 copies. Loosely inserted in this copy are a copy of the 4-page, folio prospectus for the work (illustrated with one of Maillol's woodcuts and one of the initials), and an order form. The present copy is one of the hors de commerce copies from the 33 numbered I to XXXIII, of which XXVI to XXXIII were not for sale. From Manet to Hockney 30; Gill Eric Gill 328; Müller-Krumbach 'Katalog' 43.
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