February 17, 2022 10:00 EST

Books and Manuscripts

 
  Lot 62
 


Lot 62 - [Children's & Illustrated] [Maillol, Aristide]

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[Children's & Illustrated] [Maillol, Aristide]
Daphnis and Chloe. A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastorall Romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek of Longus by Geo. Thornley

Paris: Philippe Gonin for A. Zwemmer, London, 1937. First and limited edition, #144/250 numbered copies signed by Maillol. 12mo. Text in English (also printed in French and in German). Illustrated with woodcuts by Aristide Maillol. Original full vellum, titled in gilt; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed; in linen-covered leather-entry slip case. The Artist and the Book 174

"Small in scale, it perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books." (The Artist and the Book 174). A fine copy.

From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).

Sold for $756
Estimated at $600 - $900


 

Paris: Philippe Gonin for A. Zwemmer, London, 1937. First and limited edition, #144/250 numbered copies signed by Maillol. 12mo. Text in English (also printed in French and in German). Illustrated with woodcuts by Aristide Maillol. Original full vellum, titled in gilt; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed; in linen-covered leather-entry slip case. The Artist and the Book 174

"Small in scale, it perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books." (The Artist and the Book 174). A fine copy.

From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).

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