Les Géorgiques

Illustrated by: Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol (French, 1861–1944)
Author: Virgil (born in 70 B.C.E.)
Printer and Publisher: Philippe Gonin (French, 20th century)

1937–50

Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 122 woodcuts, plus portfolio with variant printings of cuts

Dimensions Overall (each vol. (depth variable)): 32.7 x 24.5 x 3 cm (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick

Accession Number60.1486a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937[-1950]

Catalogue Raisonné Artist & the Book 175; Rewald, Maillol woodcuts, 156-61, pp. xxx-xxxii

Description(Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937[-1950]) Folio, two vols. plus portfolio of prints, unbound; (v. 1) [1 f.] 174 pp. [1 f.]; (v. 2) [1 f.] 154 pp. [1 f.]; (portfolio) two suites of separate woodcuts, one printed in black, one in sanguine (each in publisher's pictorial wrappers), plus ten early woodcut proofs printed in sanguine; original publisher's printed wrappers, white paper board slipcases.

Literary illustrations.

ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Peter A. Wick, Boston, by whom given to MFA, December 14, 1960.