Ovide: L'Art d'Aimer. / P. Ovidii Nasonis Artis Amatoriae
Maillol, Aristide. Ovid
Paris. Freres Gonin. 1935
A superb copy of Maillol's beautiful illustrations for Ovid with the discrete suite in sanguine.
From the edition limited to 275 numbered copies on papier pur chanvre fabriqué à la main, signed in pencil by Maillol; this copy also includes the additional suite of original lithographs printed in sanguine, each signed by Maillol with his monogram in sanguine and numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil.
For Maillol's 1926 collaboration with the Cranach Press and the Inselverlag for the illustration of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics, he and his nephew Gaspard, 'developed a special hand-made paper in a workshop at Montval, France'. The same process was used for the paper of the present edition (i.e. 'papier pur chanvre fabriqué à la main ... d'après les procédés d'Aristide et Gaspard Maillol') although now manufactured by Canson & Montgolfier rather than the two Maillols themselves.
'The sculpturesque nudes of Maillol's lithographs are closely related in style and spirit to his monumental carved figures.' (Eleanor Garvey).
[The Artist and the Book 173].
From the edition limited to 275 numbered copies on papier pur chanvre fabriqué à la main, signed in pencil by Maillol; this copy also includes the additional suite of original lithographs printed in sanguine, each signed by Maillol with his monogram in sanguine and numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil.
For Maillol's 1926 collaboration with the Cranach Press and the Inselverlag for the illustration of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics, he and his nephew Gaspard, 'developed a special hand-made paper in a workshop at Montval, France'. The same process was used for the paper of the present edition (i.e. 'papier pur chanvre fabriqué à la main ... d'après les procédés d'Aristide et Gaspard Maillol') although now manufactured by Canson & Montgolfier rather than the two Maillols themselves.
'The sculpturesque nudes of Maillol's lithographs are closely related in style and spirit to his monumental carved figures.' (Eleanor Garvey).
[The Artist and the Book 173].
[62 leaves + 12 leaves (suite); pp. 122, (ii)]. Folio. (388 x 288 mm). Leaf with printed title with large woodcut vignette by Maillo and Ovid's text in French in three books illustrated with 12 full-page original lithographs by Maillol each signed with his monogram in the stone and with 16 original woodcuts including 4 decorative initials, the title vignette and that for the wrapper, final leaf with justification recto and colophon and achevé d'imprimer verso; also included with a separate wrapper (the cover woodcut matches that for the wrapper of the book) is the separate suite of all of Maillol's lithographs printed in sanguine qand signed by Maillol with his monogram in crayon and numbered from the edition of 50 in pencil. Full ultramarine morocco, gilt title to smooth spine, marbled textured paper doublures and endpapers, original publisher's printed wrappers with titles and vignettes in black preserved, matching morocco-backed marbled paper calf-lined board chemise with gilt title to spine and matching slipcase.
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