LOUŸS (Pierre). Aphrodite. Ancient Customs. Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1896. Large 12mo, orange half-maroquin with corner caps, ribbed spine, gilt head, cover preserved (Pougetoux). FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING with the red monogram “P L” below the title block, and the “printed” date of March 21, 1896. From the libraries of Claude Makovski and J. C. Courbin, with bookplates. Incorrect date indicated at the bottom of the spine (“1884”). Talvart XII-324 (which erroneously lists March 28 as the date of the first printing).