005 - MM2
The Eclogues of Vergil
Aristide Maillol (illustrated by)
J. H. Mason (translated by)
Virgil (author)
Cranach Press; Weimar, Germany
1927
337mm
110pp
Edition: #83/225
Notes: In the original Latin with an English prose translation by J. H. Mason & with illustrations drawn and cut on the wood by Aristide Maillol. The English edition consists of six copies on vellum; thirty-three copies on imperial Japanese paper; two hundred and twenty-five copies on hand-made paper of pure hemp fibre and linen. There are also German and French editions. Count Harry Kessler planned the format of this volume, Aristide Maillol designed and cut on wood the forty-three illustrations, during the years 1912-1914 and in 1925, at Banyuls in the Pyrenees. He drew on his immediate neighbourhood and on his personal acquaintances for certain of the motives of his illustrations. Eric Gill cut the head-line of the title-page of the Eclogues (German edition) in 1914, the lettering on the circular press-mark in 1924, and the initial letters (white on black) except those on pp 74 and 75. The ornament of these letters was designed and drawn by Maillol. The head-line of the title-page of the Eclogues for the English edition was cut by Eric Gill in 1927. Aristide Maillol cut the decoration on the title-page and the press-mark. Edward Prince cut the punches for the type, under the supervision of Emery Walker. The type was cut after that used in Venice by Nicolas Jenson in 1473. The italic type was designed by Edward Johnson. The paper was made by Gaspard Maillol, in a workshop set up for that purpose at Monval near Marly. It was made by a special hand-process devised in joint research by Count Harry Kessler and Aristide and Gaspard Maillol. The English edition was printed in 1927. Count Harry Kessler and J. H. Mason supervised the work of setting the type and printing. Published in England for the Cranach Press by Emery Walker Limited, 16 Clifford's Inn, London, E. C. Housed in a drop-back box, red quarter leather with gray marbled covers by Peter Carstens of Johannesburg.