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L'Ymagier [No. 2 (January 1895)]

Illustrated by: Armand Seguin (French, 1869–1904)
Illustrated by: Eric Forbes-Robertson (British, 1865–1935)
Illustrated by: Henri Julian Félix Rousseau (French, 1844–1910)
Illustrated by: Remy de Gourmont (French, 1858–1915)
Illustrated by: Alfred Jarry (French, 1873–1907)
Illustrated by: Emile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)
Editor: Remy de Gourmont (French, 1858–1915)
Editor: Alfred Jarry (French, 1873–1907)
French
1895
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated journal with woodcuts, lithographs, and photomechanical relief prints
Dimensions Overall: 27.1 x 20.7 x 1.7 cm (10 11/16 x 8 1/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift from the Josefowitz Collection
Accession Number1989.178
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: L'Ymagier, 1895

Catalogue Raisonné Field 70
Description(Paris: L'Ymagier, 1895) Quarto; [2 ff.] 72 pp., plus plates; marbled paper boards, original publisher's wrappers bound in (cream-colored cardboard folder).

Illustrated journal published from October 1894 to December 1896; MFA owns seven (of eight total) issues. De Gourmont and Jarry were the editors and contributed many texts. This (second) issue of the regular edition contains an engraving and woodcut by Seguin, lithographs by Rousseau and Gourmont, and reproductions of drawings by Forbes-Robertson and Bernard. In addition, it contains a woodcut "Image d'Epinal" and numerous woodcuts, some reproduced, some printed from the blocks.
ProvenanceUnidentified bookplate. 1989, gift of Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland, to the MFA (Accession Date: May 22, 1989)