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Prométhée
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German, 1749–1832)
Illustrated by: Henry Moore (English, 1898–1986)
Translator: André Gide (French, 1869–1951)
Publisher: Henri Jonquières (French, 20th century)
Publisher: P. A. Nicaise (French, 20th century)
Printer: Mourlot frères, Paris
Printer: Imprimerie Nationale
Illustrated by: Henry Moore (English, 1898–1986)
Translator: André Gide (French, 1869–1951)
Publisher: Henri Jonquières (French, 20th century)
Publisher: P. A. Nicaise (French, 20th century)
Printer: Mourlot frères, Paris
Printer: Imprimerie Nationale
1950
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 14 color lithographs plus lithograph cover
Dimensions
Overall (without box): 39 x 29.1 x 3.3 cm (15 3/8 x 11 7/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vershbow
Accession Number58.1165
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Paris] Henri Jonquières, P. A. Nicaise, 1950 [i.e., 1951]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cramer, Grant, Mitchinson 018-32; Artist & the Book 211
Description([Paris] Henri Jonquières, P. A. Nicaise, 1950 [i.e., 1951]) Folio, unbound; [1 f.] 64 pp. [3 ff.]; original publisher's pictorial wrappers, decorated tan paper slipcase.
No. 157 from total edition of 183, this copy one of 165 regular issue. The lithographs were printed by Mourlot Frères, the text by the Imprimerie Nationale. According to the colophon, the printing was not actually finished until March of 1951.
Typographic note: the text is largely printed from the "romain du roi" first used in the 1702 Medailles...de Louis le Grand (MFA copy: 2003.814)
No. 157 from total edition of 183, this copy one of 165 regular issue. The lithographs were printed by Mourlot Frères, the text by the Imprimerie Nationale. According to the colophon, the printing was not actually finished until March of 1951.
Typographic note: the text is largely printed from the "romain du roi" first used in the 1702 Medailles...de Louis le Grand (MFA copy: 2003.814)
ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow, by whom given to MFA, November 13, 1958.
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