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À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs (2 v.)
Artist: Jean-Émile Laboureur (French, 1877-1943)
Artist: Jacques Boullaire (French, 1893-1976)
Publisher: NRF, Librairie Gallimard, Paris, 1948, copyright 1946
Printer: engravings: Edmond Rigal, Fontainebleau; text: E. Desfossés, Paris
Author: Marcel Proust (French, 1871-1922)
Date: 1948
Dimensions:
Slipcase: H: 11 5/8 in. (295 mm); W: 7 15/16 in. (201 mm); Depth: 4 3/4 in. (121 mm).
Chemise: H: 11 1/4 in. (285 mm); W: 7 7/8 in. (200 mm).
Book: H: 11 1/8 in. (283 mm); W: 7 5/8 in. (194 mm); Depth: 1 3/4 in. (45 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 11 3/16 in. (284 mm); W: 7 11/16 in. (195 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 50 engravings in sanguine, incl. 2 plates in each vol. in sanguine and green; plus double suites of plates from both vols. in sepia on china and in black on Annam paper.
Text: letterpress in black with sanguine, with pochoir-colored initial letters in sanguine at the beginning of both volumes (typeface: Deberny & Peignot Auriol, 11 pt.).
Paper: Rives cream wove, watermarked, with suites of engravings on china and Annam laid papers.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.640A-B
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