LOUŸS, Pierre, and THÉOCRATÈS. Aphrodite. Ancient Customs. - Lot 208

LOUŸS, Pierre, and THÉOCRATÈS. Aphrodite. Ancient Customs. A beautiful edition adorned with 17 full-page illustrations. One of the first 50 copies, enhanced with an additional set of bister-toned illustrations. Paris, Editions Calliope, 1946. In-8, paperback, cloth-covered binding, with a red marbled paper slipcase and dust jacket. 219 pp., frontispiece and 16 separate illustrations, headbands and footers printed in red. An illustrated edition featuring 17 full-page compositions by Théocratès for this erotic novel, first published in 1896. Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper; this is one of the first 50 copies enhanced with a separate set of illustrations in bistre (no. 38). In very good condition.