Marguerite YOURCENAR (1903-1987). La Couronne et la Lyre. Poems translated from Greek (Gallimard 1979); in-8, paperback, cover with flaps, uncut, 481 pp. First collective edition. One of 30 numbered copies (n° 8) on Arches vellum, the only large paper. In perfect condition. "In translating these poems, or fragments of poems, my approach did not differ in any way from that of the painters of yesteryear, drawing from the antique or sketching from the paintings of masters before them, in order to better penetrate the secrets of their art.