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WILDE, O. La Ballade de la geole de Reading. Paris, Javal & Bourdeaux, 1927. 25, (1), xlv, (2) p. W. 9 cold. plts & 6 cold. illustr. by C. Thevenin after J.G. Cornelius. 4°. Owrps, loose in quires as issued. W. or. board chemise & or. slipcase. (Joints of chemise broken but holding, some pp. & plates slightly but evenly yellowed, front side & upper strip of slipcase broken off entirely).
Printed in 225 numb. copies on Imperial Japan, this copy numbered. H.c. (hors commerce). - Horodisch, Oscar Wilde's Ballad of Reading Goal p.17f: "(...) a French translation (...) appeared only a few months after the first English edition. (...) [Davray's] translation ranks as a classic feat (...)"; p.51f: "The illustrations of the highest technical perfection and ingenuity are those in the French edition published by Javal und [sic] Bourdeaux, Paris, 1937 [sic]. This is a re-issue of the old translation by Davray, but with a considerably longer preface than that in the Daragnès edition of 1918. The illustrations in colour were designed by G. Cornélius and each etched on three different plates by Thévenin. The desired polychrome effect is achieved by printing the three colours side by side and over each other." - From the library of Gerrit Komrij w. his ex libris.€ 90
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