Pierre Louÿs; Alan James Robinson (illus.)
Leda. In Praise of the Blessings of Darkness, 1985
Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press
One of 60 deluxe copies, signed by the artist, Alan James Robinson, with an extra suite of illustrations.
3547
Quarto. (42)pp. Illustrated with five erotic drypoints, colored '... la poupée,' and seven wood engravings. The text was translated from the 1929 Paris edition of Comtes Antiques by Professor David...
Quarto. (42)pp. Illustrated with five erotic drypoints, colored "... la poupée," and seven wood engravings. The text was translated from the 1929 Paris edition of Comtes Antiques by Professor David Ball. Bound in quarter white leather and blue paper over boards with the frontispiece stamped in blind to the front cover by Peter Geraty. Housed in a vellum-backed dropback box with the extra suite in a paper chemise. Fine.
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