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L'Ymagier [No. 3 (April 1895)]

Illustrated by: Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)
Illustrated by: Georges d' Espagnat (French, 1870–1950)
Illustrated by: Emile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)
Illustrated by: A. Feurgard (French, 19th century)
Illustrated by: Henri Gustave Jossot (French, 1866–1951)
Illustrated by: Maurice Delcourt (French, 1877–1916)
Editor: Remy de Gourmont (French, 1858–1915)
Editor: Alfred Jarry (French, 1873–1907)
1895
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated journal with woodcuts, lithographs, and photomechanical relief prints
Dimensions Overall: 27.1 x 20.9 x 1.5 cm (10 11/16 x 8 1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift from the Josefowitz Collection
Accession Number1989.179
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: L'Ymagier, 1895

Description(Paris: L'Ymagier, 1895) Quarto; [2 ff.] 66 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 (third) issue of the regular edition contains original woodcuts by Espagnat and Delcourt, and reproductions of drawings and woodcuts by Gauguin, Bernard, Feurgard, and Jossot. In addition, it contains two original "Images d'Epinal" woodcuts, and numerous reproductions and restrikes of older woodcuts.

ProvenanceUnidentified bookplate; Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland, by whom given to MFA, May 22, 1989.