The Eclogues of Vergil in the Original Latin with an English Prose Translation

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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)

Date1927

Dimensionsbook: 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)

MediumOriginal 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)

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1979.29

Not on View

Published Referencescf. Castleman, Riva, A century of artists books, New York, 1994, p. 110. cf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern artists’ illustrated books, London, 1985, no. 30. cf. Rewald, John, editor, The woodcuts of Aristide Maillol, New York, © 1943, nos. 8--52. cf. Victoria & Albert Museum, The engraved work of Eric Gill, London, 1963, no. 104 (Cranach Presse mark).Exhibition HistoryTMA: The Artist As Illustrator, Mar. 21, - June 21,1981.

Toledo Museum of Art, Drawn from Classicism: Modern Artists’ Books, September 9-December 10, 2017.