Cranach Press.- Vergilius Maro (Publius) Les Eclogues..., translated by J.H.Mason, number 95 of 225 copies on hand-made paper water-marked with Maillol nude, from an edition limited to 264, text in Latin and English, woodcut title-vignette and illustrations designed and cut by Aristide Maillol, title and initials designed and cut by Eric Gill, roman type cut after Nicolas Jenson's of 1473, italic type by Edward Johnston, very light marginal water-staining to a few leaves, original cloth-backed blue boards, paper label to spine, uncut, glacine wrapper (a few small stains, frayed at spine and edges, tear and small hole to lower panel), [cf. Artist & the Book 172, German edition of 1926], 4to, published by Emery Walker for the Cranach Press, 1927.
⁂ A beautifully produced work displaying a combination of superior skills in illustration, design and printing.
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