Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Chambry, Emile, 1864-
2. Laurens, Henri, 1885-1954.

Description

1. 25 folded sheets ([2], 88, [7] p.) : 68 ill.; 30 cm. +

Uniform title

1. Lucius, or, The ass. French

Alternative title

1. Lucius, or, The ass.
2. Ane.

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. French 1947 92-85

Note

1. Translation of Lucius, or, The ass.
2. "Réalisée par Tériade pour les Editions de la revue Verve"--Colophon.
3. Blank leaf and 2 blank bifolia at beginning and 2 blank bifolia at end are not counted in collation.
4. Illustrations: 58 prints (1 on front cover) : woodcut and linocut, b&w, (some with gold; some printed over cream background block) ; full-page (14) or smaller. -- 10 prints : linocut, black and gray ; full-page. Each is printed on verso of leaf and consists of the hatched (linocut) portion of the full-page print on recto in 2 overlapping impressions. -- Gold ornaments at paragraph indentations throughout. -- Accompanied by portfolio of the 58 woodcut and linocut prints on light beige Chine.
5. Issued unbound, in illustrated paper covers; book and suite (in paper portfolio) issued together in beige paper board covers and slipcase.

Indexed in (note)

1. Völker, B. Henri Laurens, Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik

Author

1. Lucian, of Samosata.

Title

1. Loukios, ou, L'âne / Lucien de Samosate ; bois originaux de Henri Laurens ; [traduction nouvelle par Emile Chambry].

Imprint

1. Paris : Tériade éditeur, 1947.

Indexed in:

1. Völker, B. Henri Laurens, Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, 24

Local note

1. 270 copies printed on Arches by Pierre Bouchet, Boulogne-sur-Seine (France). No. 22 of 40 accompanied by a suite on Chine; signed in pencil by the artist.
2. Gift of Henry Mottek, 1987.

Local subject

1. Mottek, Henry Provenance.

Added author

1. Chambry, Emile, 1864-
2. Laurens, Henri, 1885-1954.

Added title

1. Ane.

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. French 1947 92-85