Longus. Daphnis et Chloé / Traduction de Jacques Amyot, revue et corrigée par Paul-Louis Courier, illustré par Marcel Vertès. — Paris: Manuel Bruker, 1954.
Description: Original pictorial wrappers, folio, unbound, in a double slipcase with gilt lettering to spine; pp. [4] [1-12] 13-204 [4], 53 folded leaves, 47 dry-point illustrations after Marcel Vertès.
Limitation: Edition of 140 copies on Arches paper of which 20 copies (№ 1-20) enriched with one original drawing, one suite of plates incl. 5 cancels and 5 full-page prints; 105 copies (№ 21-125); 15 copies (№ I-XV) for collaborators of witch 5 enriched with an original drawing and a complete suite of plates. This is copy № 45, enriched with an A.L. signed by Claude Roger-Marx (Jewish- French, 1888 – 1977).
Colophon: Printed on January 15, 1954 in Paris on a press of madame J.-G. Daragnès by Éditions Manuel Bruker.
Catalogue raisonné: Vokaer № 57.
Other titles: Daphnis and Chloe (en), Daphnis et Chloé (fr), Daphnis und Chloe (de), Dafnis y Cloe (es), Gli amori pastorali di Dafni e Cloe (it).
Other editions in this collection: LIB-2870.2021 and LIB-1926.2019.
Contributors:
Longus [Λόγγος] (Greek, 2nd century AD) – author
Jacques Amyot (French, 1513 – 1593) – translator
Paul Louis Courier (French, 1772 – 1825) – editor
Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist/illustrator
Jean-Gabriel Daragnès (French, 1886 – 1950) – printer
Manuel Bruker [Mendel Brucker] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1891 – 1979) – publisher
Portrait of Jacques Amyot engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin I (French, 1632 – 1694) in this collection: Isaac Bullart. Academie des sciences et des arts / 2 volumes. — Amsterdam: Elzevier [i.e. Brussels: Foppens], 1682. [LIB-2676.2021]:
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| Subject | Classical, Daphnis and Chloe, Greek, Greek mythology, Illustrated books, Literature, Pastoral, Translations into English |
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| Translator | Amyot, Jacques (French, 1513 – 1593), Courier, Paul Louis (French, 1772 – 1825) |
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| Printer | Daragnès, Jean-Gabriel (French, 1886 – 1950), Daragnès, Madame |
| Publisher | Bruker, Manuel [Mendel] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1891 – 1979), Manuel Bruker (Paris) |
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