Daphnis and Chloe: A Most Sweet and Pleasant Pastorall Romance for Young Ladies
by Longus and George Thornley (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good (Slipcase is worn, peeled, foxed and smudged, with the top open; vellum boards are heavily smudged and darkened; textblock
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: A. Zwemmer, 1937. Signed by Aristide Maillol; Numbered 209 of 250. Hardcover. Good (Slipcase is worn, peeled, foxed and smudged, with the top open; vellum boards are heavily smudged and darkened; textblock edges are smudged and foxed; interior is super clean; binding is solid.). Maillol, Aristide. Full white vellum boards with gilt lettering on the spine in a personalized white slipcase that says, "for Marion; from Ted 1938." 211 pp. (unopened and untrimmed pages); richly illustrated; signature of Maillol in pencil on the final engraved page. Signature page reads "Aristide Maillol engraved with his own hand the wood-cuts which illustrated this book. The text is that of Thornley's translation of 1657, revised and augmented. Philippe Gonin of Paris undertook the achievement of this work, and printed it on his hand-press, for A. Zwemmer, London." Extremely rare. Numbered 209 of 250 numbered, signed by Maillol and printed on hand made paper.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 193981
- Title
- Daphnis and Chloe: A Most Sweet and Pleasant Pastorall Romance for Young Ladies
- Author
- Longus and George Thornley (translator)
- Illustrator
- Maillol, Aristide
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (Slipcase is worn, peeled, foxed and smudged, with the top open; vellum boards are heavily smudged and darkened; textblock
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed by Aristide Maillol; Numbered 209 of 250
- Publisher
- A. Zwemmer
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Literature Young and Old ; Daphnis ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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