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Odile: Roman

A work made of full black calfskin binding; horizontal vellum onlay; title in black ink on front cover; author's name in black ink on back cover; japanese endpapers; original paper covers bound in.

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  • A work made of full black calfskin binding; horizontal vellum onlay; title in black ink on front cover; author's name in black ink on back cover; japanese endpapers; original paper covers bound in.

Date:

Published 1937; rebound 1937-1942

Artist:

Mary Reynolds (American, 1891-1950)
Written by Raymond Queneau (French, 1903-1976)

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 289

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Mary Reynolds

Title

Odile: Roman

Place

Paris (Object made in:)

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1937

Medium

Full black calfskin binding; horizontal vellum onlay; title in black ink on front cover; author's name in black ink on back cover; Japanese endpapers; original paper covers bound in

Inscriptions

Inscription on half title page: à Mary Reynolds avec ma bien vive sympathie Queneau

Dimensions

19.5 × 12.5 × 2.5 cm (7 11/16 × 4 15/16 × 1 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2019.929

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