Maillol. - Suite des bois originaux du sculpteur A. Maillol, pour illustrer les Géorgiques de Vergile. 2 Suiten mit je 122 Orig.-Holzschnitten in Rötel und Schwarz von A. Maillol auf jew. 72 Bll. [Paris, P. Gonin 1937-43 (1950)]. Lose Tafeln in illustr. OBrosch. mit OPp.-Decke, in OPp.-Schuber. Gr.-4to.

Guérin 159-215. - Rewald S. XLIX-L und 156-161. - Monod 11339. - Rauch 144. - The Artist and the Book 175. - Strachan S. 337. - 1 von 100 röm. num. Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe auf eigens geschöpftem Bütten mit dem Wasserzeichen "Maillol - Gonin". Vordere Umschlagseite jew. von P. Gonin numeriert, bezeichnet und signiert, die Holzschnitte in Schwarz mit rotem und die in Rötel gedruckten mit schwarzem Monogramm-Stempel Maillols. - "Maillol had been commissioned by Philippe Gonin to illustrate Virgil's Géorgiques .. which finally saw the light of day in two volumes in 1950. He designed more than a hundred woodcuts, including initial letters. In point of fact Count Kessler had intended the book to be a sequel to the Eclogues (1926) published in Germany, but it was finally left to Gonin to persuade Maillol to complete the illustrations which he had done by 1943 .. the majority of the woodcuts were 'executed by craftsmen after Maillol's drawings on the blocks, since at that time his eyes were not strong enough for the cutting'." (Strachan S. 92)

1 of 100 Roman numb. copies of the de-luxe edition on self-made laid paper with watermark "Maillol - Gonin". 2 suiten with each 122 orig. woodcuts in red chalk and black by A. Maillol on 72 ll each. Loose plates in illustrated orig. wrappers with orig. boards in orig. boards slipcase.