LOUŸS (Pierre). Aphrodite. Mœurs antiques. Paris, Les Bibliophiles de l'Amérique Latine, s. d. [1954]. 2 volumes small in-4°, raspberry morocco, smooth spine decorated with a double framing of turquoise fillets and gilt title, gilt head, untrimmed, color illustrated cover and spine preserved, slipcases (unsigned contemporary binding). Color woodcuts by Pierre BOUCHET after George BARBIER and Georges LEPAPE, eight of them full-page. Edition of 150 copies, this one (no. 75) printed for Princess Anne Galitzine, one of 125 on Arches vellum. Enriched with the menu of May 28, 1952, illustrated with a gilded woodcut (the one on p. 181), numbered (28/60) and signed by Pierre BOUCHET. A GOOD COPY IN A MOROCCO BINDING.
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LOUŸS (Pierre). Aphrodite. Mœurs antiques. Paris, Les Bibliophiles de l'Amérique Latine, s. d. [1954].
2 volumes small in-4°, raspberry morocco, smooth spine decorated with a double framing of turquoise fillets and gilt title, gilt head, untrimmed, color illustrated cover and spine preserved, slipcases (unsigned contemporary binding).
Color woodcuts by Pierre BOUCHET after George BARBIER and Georges LEPAPE, eight of them full-page.
Edition of 150 copies, this one (no. 75) printed for Princess Anne Galitzine, one of 125 on Arches vellum.
Enriched with the menu of May 28, 1952, illustrated with a gilded woodcut (the one on p. 181), numbered (28/60) and signed by Pierre BOUCHET.
A GOOD COPY IN A MOROCCO BINDING.
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