Daphnis et Chloé
By: Longus ; compositions de Raphaël Collin gravées à l'eau-forte par Champollion ; préface de Jules Claretie de l'Académie française
Contributors: Collin, Raphaël, 1850-1916, illustrator; Champollion, Eugène-André, 1848-1901, etcher; Claretie, Jules, 1840-1913, writer of preface; Chamerot, Georges, printer; Jacob Berger Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: H. Launette et Cie, éditeurs, G. Boudet, succ.
Published: 1890
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Daphnis (Greek mythology); Fiction
Notes: "Librairie artistique."

Illustrations: 29 vignettes in the text and 12 plates.

"Ce livre a été achevé d'imprimer ... par Georges Chamerot ..."--Colophon.

Limited edition of 1100 copies.

Rare Book copy: No. 342, with original wrappers bound in.

Gift; Vivian Berger; 2002.

Rare Book copy: Bound in full blue goatskin, sewn on five supports; upper and lower covers with gold-tooled borders and cornerpieces, with red and teal leather onlays; spine with five raised bands corresponding to the sewing supports, gilt in compartments in a floral design with red leather onlays; board edges gilt with a double-line fillet; marbled endpapers; turn-ins gilt with a decorative roll, fillet lines, pin-dot roll, and fern-tip roll; all edges gilt; ribbon marker; three-color silk endband; signed "S. David" at tail end of upper turn-in.