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Les bucoliques
Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)
Artist: G. Simoes da Fonseca (born 1874)
Publisher: Charles Meunier, "Maison du Livre," Paris, 1905
Printer: text: Philippe Renouard, [Paris?]; bronze relief casting: Edition du Monument, [Paris?]
Binder: Charles Meunier
Author: André (Marie de) Chénier (French, 1762-1794)
Date: 1905
Dimensions:
Slipcase: H: 11 3/16 in. (284 mm); W: 8 7/16 in. (215 mm); Depth: 2 11/16 in. (68 mm).
Book: H: 10 11/16 in. (272 mm); W: 8 1/16 in. (205 mm); Depth: 2 5/16 in. (59 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 10 1/2 in. (267 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 12 lithographs by Fantin-Latour in black on tissue mounted on Marais, each repeated once in sepia on china laid paper, and once in black on cream laid Marais; plus 22 lithographed decorations by Fonseca in black, each repeated once in black on tissue, once in sepia on china laid paper.
Original bronze plaquette: bronze relief by Denys Peuch after Fonseca's lithograph "Muse de Chénier" mounted on front board of the binding.
Text: letterpress in black with red (typeface: Didot).
Paper: vélin du Marais cream laid paper, watermarked CM Volmere Stando; blue-white china laid paper.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.467
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