LOUŸS, Pierre, and COLLIN, Raphaël. Aphrodite. Ancient Custo - Lot 207

LOUŸS, Pierre, and COLLIN, Raphaël. Aphrodite. Ancient Customs. Paris, Ferroud, 1909 Quarto, hardcover illustrated with a color vignette, slipcase with a handwritten title vignette, and a gray marbled paper slipcase. VIII and 281 pp., 43 color illustrations, including 5 insert plates. An elegant edition illustrated with color compositions by Raphaël Collin (1850–1916), in a neoclassical style imbued with symbolism. One of 355 copies printed on Imperial Japan paper; this one is unnumbered. Included are: the publisher’s specimen containing two of the illustrations (a double sheet on Japanese paper and a printed folder) and a card announcing an exhibition at the Librairie des Amateurs featuring Collin’s illustrations for *Chansons de Bilitis*. A very fine copy.