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L'Ymagier [No. 7 (May 1896)]

Illustrated by: Emile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)
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, lithographs, and photomechanical relief prints
Dimensions Overall: 28.9 x 22.7 x 1.5 cm (11 3/8 x 8 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift from the Josefowitz Collection
Accession Number1989.183
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: L'Ymagier, 1896

Description(Paris: L'Ymagier, 1896) Quarto; [2 ff.] 59 pp., 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 (seventh) issue of the regular edition contains two reproductions of drawings by Bernard, two "Images d'Epinal" (one by Georgin), and numerous photoreproductions and restrikes from earlier woodcuts.
ProvenanceUnidentified bookplate; Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland, by whom given to MFA, May 22, 1989.