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L'Ymagier [No. 6 (January 1896)]

Illustrated by: François Georgin (French (Epinal), 1801–1863)
Editor: Remy de Gourmont (French, 1858–1915)
1896
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated journal with woodcuts and photomechanical relief prints
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 23.2 x 1.4 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift from the Josefowitz Collection
Accession Number1989.182
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: L'Ymagier, 1896

Description(Paris: L'Ymagier, 1896) Quarto; 57 pp. [1 f.], plus plates; marbled paper boards, original publisher's wrappers bound in (cream-colored four-flap 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 (sixth) issue of the regular edition contains two "Images d'Epinal" and numerous reproductions of older woodcuts. By this time, Jarry had left the editorial direction of the journal to de Gourmont exclusively.
ProvenanceUnidentified bookplate; Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland, by whom given to MFA, May 22, 1989.