LES PASTORALES DE LONGUS OU DAPHNIS ET CHLOE. Traduction d'Amyot revue et completee par Paul-Louis Courier. Illustree de 23 gravures originales en noir, et en couleurs par Henri Le Riche.

LONGUS - HENRI LE RICHE -LAGADEC- LEHAYE.

Verlag: Paris. Henri le Riche. 1928, 1928

Beschreibung

Quarto 13x10 inches- VERY HANDSOMELY LEATHER BOUND in full period midnight blue morocco with a painting on wood inlaid by Henri Lehaye on the upper board. The inside upper and lower boards (doublures) with intricate designs of inter linked roses in gold and pink, and free endpapers of dark blue silk. The binding signed in gilt on the board by both the binder Lagadec and the decorator of the binding Lehaye. Cased in a leather chemise and a slipcase. LIMITED EDITION OF 10 COPIES this numbered 2 HORS COMMERCE on Japon Nacre of a total printing of 210- signed by the illustrator Henri le Riche. Illustrated with 2 original water colours by the decorator of the binding Lehaye and 2 original charcoal drawings by Henri le Riche. The text with 23 original engravings, some coloured and an additional 32 plates of original engravings by le Riche- some duplicating the text illustrations and some extra illustrations. A fine copy of this small limitation in a stunning binding. Daphnis and Chloe is an ancient Greek semi erotic novel written in the Roman Empire, the only known work of the second-century AD Greek novelist and romance writer Longus. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6240

Bibliografische Details

Titel: LES PASTORALES DE LONGUS OU DAPHNIS ET CHLOE...

Verlag: Paris. Henri le Riche. 1928

Erscheinungsdatum: 1928

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers