[Children's & Illustrated] [Maillol, Aristide] Daphnis
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[Children's & Illustrated] [Maillol, Aristide] Daphnis and Chloe. A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastorall Romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek of Longus by Geo. Thornley
Paris: Philippe Gonin for A. Zwemmer, London, 1937. First and limited edition, #144/250 numbered copies signed by Maillol. 12mo. Text in English (also printed in French and in German). Illustrated with woodcuts by Aristide Maillol. Original full vellum, titled in gilt; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed; in linen-covered leather-entry slip case. The Artist and the Book 174
"Small in scale, it perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books." (The Artist and the Book 174). A fine copy.
From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).
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[Children's & Illustrated] [Maillol, Aristide] Daphnis
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