OVIDE. [...] The Art of Loving. New translation by Pierre LI - Lot 207

OVIDE. [...] The Art of Loving. New translation by Pierre LIEVRE. Paris, T. & R. Briffaut, Editeurs, 1923. In-4°, blue jansenist morocco, interior gilt and cold-stamped fillets framing an inserted copper plate, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved, half-maroquin folder, slipcase (mid-20th c. binding). Title and 22 color etchings by André LAMBERT. Issued in an edition of 500 copies, this one (no. 9), ONE OF 23 HEADERS ON ANCIENT JAPON à la forme, containing two additional suites of lillustrations, the ORIGINAL SIGNED AQUARELLE and the COPPER of "L'amant à la porte" (illustration located pp. 180/181). Faded and rubbed dust jacket. From the library of Colonel Sickles, with bookplate.