ID 829402
Lot 84 | MAILLOL, Aristide (1861-1944, artist) – HORACE (65-8 B.C.E.)
Estimate value
£ 300 – 500
Odes. Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1939 [but 1958].
Limited edition, number XXXVIII of 50 copies numbered I to L, with two extra suites of the woodcuts of which one printed in bistre.
2 volumes, octavo (210 x 135mm). Numbered and initialled by the publisher on the limitation statement and each additional suite wrapper, the latter with Maillol's stamp; from the edition of 550 copies of which 100 with 2 extra suites comprising a total of 156 plates, all on handmade paper with Maillol watermark, 121 woodcuts in the text, and 11 woodcuts on the part-wrappers (occasional very pale unobtrusive stains). Loose as issued in original printed wrappers, with each extra suite in its own wrapper, publisher's pasteboard chemises and slipcases (the latter a fraction soiled).
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Address of auction |
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