The Eclogues of Vergil in the Original Latin with an English Prose Translation
Artist: Aristide Maillol (French, 1861-1944)
Publisher: Emery Walker Limited, London, for the Cranach Presse, Weimar, 1927
Printer: Cranach Presse (Count Harry Kessler and J. H. Mason, directors; Walter Tanz, compositor; Erich Dressler, H. Gage-Cole, Max Kopp,
Author: Virgil (Vergilius Publius Maro) (Roman, 70-19 BCE)
Date: 1927
Dimensions:
book: 13 1/4 x 10 1/16 x 3/4 in. (337 x 255 x 19mm)
page (untrimmed): 12 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (327 x 248mm)
Medium: Original prints: woodcuts
Text: letterpress (typeface: roman font modelled on that used by Nicolas Jenson in Venice, 1470; not 1473 as stated in the colophon, cut by Edward Prince under the supervision of Emery Walker; italic font designed by Edward Johnston)
Paper: hemp and linen wove, handmade by Gaspard Maillol at Montval, France (watermark representing Maillol’s statue La Méditerranée with the initials MK [Maillol Kessler] in the base)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1979.29
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