Longus - Daphnis & Chloe - 1925

Daphnis & Chloe Translated out of the Greek of Longus by George Thornley in 1657, with 16 illustrations by John Austen - 200 pp.

Fraaie uitgave, gedrukt op zwaar ivoor papier, 'Made and Printed at the House of Butler & Tanner Ltd.'

Conditie: Mooi, bandlinnen ivoorkleurig met goudbelettering- en stempeling helder. schoon en gaaf, bindwerk uitstekend. Fraaie ex-libris binnenzijde schutblad.

Inhoud:
Titelplaat in kleur, titelpagina
Biographical note, Epistle dedicatory, to the critical reader,
List of 16 Illustrations, 12 in colour, 4 in black and white.
Summary
Daphnis & Chloe in IV Books.

'John Archibald Austen (Dover, (Kent), 5 January 1886 – Hythe, Kent, 27 October 1948) was a British book illustrator. He moved to London in 1906 where he studied art. His early works, including a fine Hamlet, were Beardsleyesque in style, but after 1925 he was influenced by the Art Deco movement. Books which he illustrated in this manner include Daphnis and Chloe and As You Like it.'

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