Georgica. Les Georgiques. Texte latin et version francaise de l'Abbe Jacques Delille. 2 vols. and 2 extra suites in 3 vols. together. Paris, Gonin 1937-1943 (1950). Gr.4°. With 122 woodcuts (with repetitions) by Aristide Maillol and 2 extrasuites of the woodcuts in black and red print. Loose sheets in original chemises in 2 oprgt. covers and 1 ocart. cover in slipcases (slipcase of vol. 2 missing). Monod 11339 The artist and the book 175 - Cf. Guerin 159 - No. 511 of 750 copies printed on untrimmed Maillol-Gonin laid paper. - With 2 additional suites with altogether 144 sheets with woodcuts (72 each in black and sanguine). The last book illustrated by Maillol is a continuation of the Eclogues of Virgil already published by the Cranach press in 1926. - Sporadic foxing.

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