LOUYS (P.). APHRODITE. Mœurs antiques. Paris, Éditions Calli - Lot 293

LOUYS (P.). APHRODITE. Mœurs antiques. Paris, Éditions Calliope, 1946. Large in-8, plum morocco, boards and spine decorated with diagonal gilt fillets and on the 1st with a large recessed window revealing the title in relief on ivory leather, interior gilt roulette, purple velvet lining and endpapers, smooth spine, cover and spine (period binding). Illustrated with 17 plates hors texte by Théocratès. One of the first 50 numbered copies on Lana, with a suite of illustrations in bistre. Light trace on the second plate. From the same: - Les chansons de Bilitis. Paris, Rombaldi, 1937. In-8, sandy morocco, 1st plate decorated with a gilt Roman column, smooth spine similarly decorated, interior gilt roulette, violet suede lining and endpapers, gilt head, cover (period binding). 5 original compositions in black and red chalk by Lobel Riche. Ex. num. on laid paper. A good copy. Together 2 volumes.