Pierre de Ronsard: Livret de folastries

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Pierre de Ronsard: Livret de folastries

Artist Aristide Maillol (French, 1861-1944)

Publisher Ambroise Vollard, éditeur, Paris, 1938 (printed 1940 by Lucian Vollard and Martin Fabiani, Paris)

Printer etchings: Roger Lacourière, [Paris]; wood engravings and text: Henri Jourde, [Paris], from blocks cut by Georges Aubert

Author Pierre de Ronsard (French, 1524-1585)

Date1940

DimensionsSlipcase: H: 99 5/8 in. (2530 mm); W: 79 1/2 in. (2020 mm); Depth: 15 3/8 in. (390 mm).
Chemise: H: 97 1/4 in. (2470 mm); W: 78 3/8 in. (1990 mm); Depth: 12 5/8 in. (320 mm).
Book: H: 9 9/16 in. (243 mm); W: 7 5/8 in. (194 mm); Depth: 1 1/4 in. (31 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 9 7/16 in. (239 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (191 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 43 etchings, incl. front and rear wrappers (in sepia). Reproductions: 12 wood engravings of the Maillol hors texte engravings, reduced in size, and printed as a table of plates (engraved by Georges Aubert). Text: letterpress (typeface: Didot italic). Paper: Montval off-white laid paper, watermarked.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.702

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Published Referencescf. Strachan, W. J., The Artist and the Book in France: The 20th Century livre d'artiste, New York, 1969, p. 337

cf. Johnson, Una E., Ambroise Vollard, Éditeur: Prints, Books, Bronzes, New York, 1977, no. 190, repr.

cf. Wheeler, Monroe, Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators, New York, 1946, p. 106.