PICASSO, Pablo, illustrator (1881-1973) -- ARISTOPHANES (c.448-c.380 B.C.). Lysistrata. Translated and with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. 4° (293 x 235mm). 6 engraved plates and 30 vignettes by PICASSO. Original decorated boards, publisher's blue boards chemise with gilt title on spine and slipcase (spine of chemise lightly browned and joints lightly splitting at head and tail, slipcase with top edge detached and extremities rubbed).
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PICASSO, Pablo, illustrator (1881-1973) -- ARISTOPHANES (c.448-c.380 B.C.). Lysistrata. Translated and with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. 4° (293 x 235mm). 6 engraved plates and 30 vignettes by PICASSO. Original decorated boards, publisher's blue boards chemise with gilt title on spine and slipcase (spine of chemise lightly browned and joints lightly splitting at head and tail, slipcase with top edge detached and extremities rubbed).

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PICASSO, Pablo, illustrator (1881-1973) -- ARISTOPHANES (c.448-c.380 B.C.). Lysistrata. Translated and with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. 4° (293 x 235mm). 6 engraved plates and 30 vignettes by PICASSO. Original decorated boards, publisher's blue boards chemise with gilt title on spine and slipcase (spine of chemise lightly browned and joints lightly splitting at head and tail, slipcase with top edge detached and extremities rubbed).

LIMITED EDITION , number 378 of 1500 copies SIGNED BY PICASSO. This version, translated by Gilbert Seldes and printed by George Macy on Caslon types on Rives paper, is the only American edition with original etchings by Picasso. The Artist and the Book 226.