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Paris: Rombaldi Éditeur, 1937.
Limited Edition.
8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 (194 x 156 mm). pp: 4, vii, 242. Five color lithographs including the frontispiece. Copies printed on Voiron laid paper are numbered. Previous owner's name in ink on first free flypaper, dated Paris 1937. Half-bound in red morocco with four raised bands and gilt titling; marbled boards and end papers; original wrappers printed in black and red bound in; t.e.g. Spine lightly sunned and with minor abrasions but binding is tight and square, pages bright. This work is part of the publisher's series "Les Contemporains."
[BNF32396591].
"Aphrodite: Ancient Manners" is a description of courtesan life in Alexandria by French poet and writer Pierre Louÿs (1870 – 1925) who is best known for the classical and lesbian themes in some of his writings. The book became an instant success when in was published in 1896 and became the subject of several editions, including this limited edition accompanied by the five lovely and "piquant" illustrations by Antoine Calbet. Calbet was known for his colorful, youthful, somewhat risqué pictures of women, had won medals at several of the Paris Salons (1863, 1880, 1891, 1892, 1893) and the Paris World Exhibition in 1900. He was a prolific illustrator of books (Zola, Barres) and magazines and his best know commission is probably the luxurious Train Bleu restaurant at Paris’s Gare de Lyon, where he painted delightful panels depicting the cities of Nice, Evian, Nîmes and Grenoble.
Condition: Near fine
- Dimensions:Height: 7.64 in (19.4 cm)Width: 6.15 in (15.6 cm)Depth: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1937
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Middletown, NY
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