Christie’s roundel
Lot 408

LOUYS, Pierre. Aphrodite moeurs antiques. Paris: A. Ferroud et F. Ferroud, 1909. 4° (263 x 192mm). Coloured frontispiece and 4 plates, numerous coloured headpieces. Brown morocco by Rib-Pal, front cover with multi-coloured mosaic depicting an altar supported by pillars with a hanging lamp, supralibros on the rear cover, spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, original wrappers bound in, gilt edges, slipcase. ONE OF 355 COPIES on 'japon impérial contenant un état', overall limitation of 485 copies.

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LOUYS, Pierre. Aphrodite moeurs antiques. Paris: A. Ferroud et F. Ferroud, 1909. 4° (263 x 192mm). Coloured frontispiece and 4 plates, numerous coloured headpieces. Brown morocco by Rib-Pal, front cover with multi-coloured mosaic depicting an altar supported by pillars with a hanging lamp, supralibros on the rear cover, spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, original wrappers bound in, gilt edges, slipcase. ONE OF 355 COPIES on 'japon impérial contenant un état', overall limitation of 485 copies.

With Camille Mauclair, Le poison des Pierreries. Paris: 1903. Exemplaire réservé à Monreu; Abou'lkasim Fidousi, Histoire de Minoutchehr selon la livre des rois. Paris: 1919. Number 86 of 450 copies on 'vélin à la cuve'. (3)