LOUŸS (Pierre) - RAY (Maurice). Aphrodite. Mœurs antiques. Paris : L. Carteret, 1931. - In-8, 261 x 180 : (6 ff. 3 first blanks), VIII, 266 pp, (3 ff. 2 last blanks), illustrated cover. Orange jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, framed in orange morocco inside, decorated with gilt fillets, green morocco bands and patterns of palmettes and flowers gilt and mosaiced in green and black morocco at the corners and in the centre of the sides, brocaded silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, folder with spine and orange morocco cover bands, case (Charles Lanoë). Particularly successful edition, illustrated with 57 compositions by Maurice RAY, i.e. 32 watercolours reproduced in colours and printed by A. Porcabeuf, including one in the frontispiece and 2 full-page, and 25 woodcut figures in colours by Madame Moro-Ruffe, including one on the cover, one on the title, 6 chapter headings, 6 lettrines, 6 culs-de-lampe and 5 false titles. Unique edition at 200 copies on vellum paper (n° 58). A superb copy bound by Charles Lanoë, enriched with an original watercolour signed by the artist, a colour suite of the 32 watercolours and the publication prospectus.