Laus Veneris
Artist: Jacques Villon (French, 1875-1963)
Publisher: Manuel Bruker, [Paris, 1956]
Printer: text: Daragnès, [Paris];
etchings: Leblanc, [Paris]
Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne (British, 1837-1909)
Date: 1956
Dimensions:
Slipcase: H: 13 3/8 in. (340 mm); W: 10 3/8 in. (264 mm); Depth: 1 1/2 in. (38 mm).
Chemise: H: 13 1/16 in. (331 mm); W: 10 1/4 in. (260 mm); Depth: 1 1/4 in. (32 mm).
Book: H: 12 7/8 in. (327 mm); W: 10 in. (254 mm); Depth: 7/8 in. (22 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 12 7/8 in. (327 mm); W: 9 3/4 in. (248 mm).
Element: H: 12 7/8 in. (327 mm); W: 10 in. (254 mm).
Medium: Original prints: 11 etchings with aquatint (some in colors), incl. frontispiece and suite cover; plus 2 additional suites of 10 etchings each, 1 on buff Imperial Japan and 1 on white China laid paper.
Text: letterpress in black with sanguine.
Paper: Arches cream wove paper.
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.1173
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