Les géorgiques. (illustrated with original lithographs by Jean Commère)

Virgile (Virgil) (Jean Commère, illustrator)

Published by Pierre de Tartas, Paris, 1959

About this Item

A BEAUTIFUL LIVRE D'ARTISTE, ILLUSTRATED WITH 29 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS, some in color and some in black & white, BY JEAN COMMERE. 4, 131 pp. Edition limited to 211 copies, of which this is ONE OF ONLY 50 COPIES WITH A SEPARATE FOLDER CONTAINING 9 ADDITIONAL LITHOGRAPHS: 6 planches refusées (5 double-page, one single-page) and proofs of three of the color lithographs from the book on Marais wove paper. This copy, furthermore, has A STUNNING DOUBLE-PAGE ORIGINAL PEN DRAWING BY COMMERE, WITH A PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION TO ANDRÉ FRIED. Signed by Commère and Pierre de Tartas (the publisher). Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Housed in the (somewhat worn) original cloth folding case.

Seller Inventory # 38760

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Les géorgiques. (illustrated with original lithographs by Jean Commère)
• Publisher: Pierre de Tartas, Paris
• Publication Date: 1959
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • illustrated books