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Odes

Title
Odes [de] Horace. Composé & manuscrit par Guido et illustré par Alexandra Exter.
Author
Horace.
Publication
Paris, 1942.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. MS. 197Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Guido, calligrapher.
  • Exter, Alexandra.
Description
[48] p. (incl. 4 blank l.) col. illus.; 36 cm.
Subject
Note
  • Ms., in black ink, with initials and other capitals in purple.
  • "Ce livre a été fait en cinq exemplaires à Fontenay-aux-Roses en mai 1943. Exemplaire n. 4." - p. [3]. "Ce livre a été exécuté à Fontenay-aux-Roses en 1946." - p. [45].
  • Illustrations: 7 full-page and 7 half- to 3/4-page gouache paintings, signed or initialed by the artist.
  • Prose translations.
  • Issued unbound, in paper covers lettered in purple: Horace.
  • Accompanied by: ms. prospectus with t.p. dated Paris, 1942 ([4] p. 34 cm.); printed "Catalogue d'ouvrages manuscripts ... composés par ... Guido ... à L'Enseigne de la Trirème aux Layes, Les Essarts-le-Roi," with pref. by Paul Valéry, 1933 ([24] p. illus. 16 cm.); and 31 leaves of designs on tracing paper for other works.
  • From the artist's estate (gift of Simon Lissim, with his ms. note laid in).
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 197
OCLC
NYPG795013918-B
Author
Horace.
Title
Odes [de] Horace. Composé & manuscrit par Guido et illustré par Alexandra Exter.
Imprint
Paris, 1942.
Added Author
Guido, calligrapher.
Exter, Alexandra.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 197
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