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CRANACH PRESS. VIRGIL. [The Eclogues and Georgics, vol. I.] The Eclogues... in the original Latin with an English prose translation by J. H. Mason. Weimar: 1927. 4to, 327 x 250 mm. (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.), loose as issued in original printed wrappers, head of spine chipped, a few small tears to tissue paper dust-wrapper, occasional dust-soiling and slight creasing to extreme outer margins. LIMITED EDITION, no. 30 of 33 copies on imperial Japanese paper (made by Gaspard Maillol), from a total English edition of 264 copies (of which 6 on vellum), 43 woodcuts by Aristide Maillol, title-page and initial letters designed by Eric Gill, the ornamentation of the initials designed and cut by Maillol, the roman and italic typefaces designed by Edward Johnston and cut by Emery Walker.
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CRANACH PRESS. VIRGIL. [The Eclogues and Georgics, vol. I.] The Eclogues... in the original Latin with an English prose translation by J. H. Mason. Weimar: 1927. 4to, 327 x 250 mm. (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.), loose as issued in original printed wrappers, head of spine chipped, a few small tears to tissue paper dust-wrapper, occasional dust-soiling and slight creasing to extreme outer margins. LIMITED EDITION, no. 30 of 33 copies on imperial Japanese paper (made by Gaspard Maillol), from a total English edition of 264 copies (of which 6 on vellum), 43 woodcuts by Aristide Maillol, title-page and initial letters designed by Eric Gill, the ornamentation of the initials designed and cut by Maillol, the roman and italic typefaces designed by Edward Johnston and cut by Emery Walker.
ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BOOK DESIGN, produced by the "brillant quartet" (Franklin) composed of Count Kessler, Maillol, Gill and Walker. Undertaken in 1912, work on the Eclogae (published in French and German editions in 1926) was interrupted by World War I; the printing of the Georgica was similarly delayed until 1937, and was not completed until 1944. The Artist and the Book 172; Franklin, Private Presses, pp. 163-4; E. Gill, Bibliography of Eric Gill, 328.
ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BOOK DESIGN, produced by the "brillant quartet" (Franklin) composed of Count Kessler, Maillol, Gill and Walker. Undertaken in 1912, work on the Eclogae (published in French and German editions in 1926) was interrupted by World War I; the printing of the Georgica was similarly delayed until 1937, and was not completed until 1944. The Artist and the Book 172; Franklin, Private Presses, pp. 163-4; E. Gill, Bibliography of Eric Gill, 328.