Les pastorales de Longus, ou Daphnis et Chloé
Artist: Aristide Maillol (French, 1861-1944)
Publisher: Les frères Gonin (with Gustave Édouard Gentil), Paris, 1937
Printer: Philippe Gonin, Paris
Author: Longus (Greek, Active 2nd-3rd centuries CE)
Date: 1937
Dimensions:
Box: H: 8 15/16 in. (227 mm); W: 5 7/8 in. (149 mm); Depth: 2 5/16 in. (58 mm).
Book: H: 8 9/16 in. (217 mm); W: 5 1/2 in. (140 mm); Depth: 1 3/4 in. (45 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 8 1/2 in. (216 mm); W: 5 3/8 in. (137 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 55 woodcuts, incl. 7 block initials; plus an extra suite of the woodcuts (incl. 9 block initials not used in the French text).
Text: letterpress (typeface: Caslon).
Paper: white laid Montval paper, watermarked with a rendering of Maillol's sculpture La Méditerranée with the names Maillol and Gonin beneath.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.700
Label Text:Puplished by Les Freres Gonin, Paris, 1937. Illustrated with 47 woodcuts and woodcut initials printed in black; suite of woodcuts printed in sanguine.
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