[MAILLOL, ARISTIDE]. Virgil. Les Georgiques de Virgile. Paris Gonin, Philippe 1937-43 (1950) Three quarto portfolio volumes. (i), 174, (i) pp.; (i),154, (i) pp.; (154) ff. Volumes I and II are each one of 750 copies, and Volume III is one of 100 copies. The first two volumes contain the full text and illustrations, printed entirely in black. Volume III consists of a suite of ten first-state proofs on papier du Chine of Maillol's woodcut illustrations and two complete suites of all the blocks, one printed in black and the other in sanguine. Each page of Volume III is stamped with device M in circle and numbered. The entire set is printed on Montval handmade paper watermarked with two different Maillol nudes. Maillol first conceived the idea of illustrating Virgil's Georgics while on a voyage from Greece with Count Harry Kessler in 1908. He continued the project sporadically over the years and then abandoned it completely. It was not until 1937, at the urging of Philippe Gonin, that he resumed the project. The last blocks were delivered in 1944, shortly before Maillol's death, and the project was finally completed on the first day of spring in 1950. Lyrical, simple, and classical in feeling, Maillol's woodcuts represent the best modern interpretation of Virgil's text on farming. The leaves, unbound as issued, are in paper wrappers within chemise of plain boards backed with printed vellum. Each volume housed in a slipcase. There is minor scattered foxing to the volumes as well as some breakage to the top edge of one slipcase, else this is a fine set. (Artist and the Book 175). Price: USD 6,000.00 other currencies   order no. 616    inquire

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