Publius Vergilius Maro
Les Géorgiques. Texte latin et version française de l'abbé J. Delille. 2 Bände und Suite, insgesamt 3 Bände. Paris, P. Gonin 1937-43 [1950].

Schöne französische Pressendruck-Ausgabe des berühmten klassischen Textes, ein "dreifach göttliches Werk" (Jean Giono).

1 von 750 numerierten Exemplaren auf kräftigem, eigens geschöpften Büttenpapier mit dem Wasserzeichen Maillol - Gonin und mit einer separaten Suite der Illustrationen in Schwarz. Exemplar mit dem Vorwort zu dem Vergil-Buch von Jean Giono ("Sur un très grand livre"). - "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)

EINBAND: Lose Bogen in Orig.-Broschur in Orig.-Halbleinendecke mit Rückentitel in Schwarz, in Orig.-Papp-Schuber. 33 : 24,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 122 Orig.-Holzschnitten von Aristide Maillol. - ZUSTAND: Nur tlw. schwach stockfl., Schuber leicht angeschmutzt; insgesamt gutes und sauberes Exemplar auf schönem Bütten.

LITERATUR: Monod 11339. - Rauch 144. - The Artist and the Book 175. - Strachan S. 337. - Guérin 159-215. - Rewald S. XLIX-L und 156-161. - Koopman Coll. S. 104-105.

1 of 750 copies on hand made paper with watermark Maillol - Gonin. With 122 orig. woodcuts by Maillol. Loose sheets in orig. wrappers with orig. half cloth cover and card board slipcase. Partly very slightly foxed, slipcase slightly stained. Altogether fine clean copy.
"If the Cranach 'Eclogae' has been chosen as one of the 100 finest books of the twentieth century, then the 'Les georgiques' must surely be number 101." (Koopman Coll.)