LOUŸS (Pierre) - COLLIN (Raphaël).
Aphrodite. Mœurs antiques.
Paris: Librairie des amateurs, A. Ferroud, F. Ferroud, successeur, 1909. - Large in-8, 279 x 204: frontispiece, (2 ff.), VIII, 281 pp, (2 ff.), 4 plates, printed cover. Old pink half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated with gilt and mosaic flowers and lyre, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Pagnant).

Another copy of the same edition.

Edition of 497 copies; this is one of 65 on large imperial japon containing two states of the engravings, before the letter with remarks and with the letter (no. 76).

A very fine copy in a period mosaic binding signed by Édouard Pagnant (1852-1916), enriched with publication flyers.
Spine slightly faded, slight rubbing to head cover and corners.
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LOUŸS (Pierre) - COLLIN (Raphaël). Aphrodite. Mœurs antiques. Paris: Librairie des amateurs, A. Ferroud, F. Ferroud, successeur, 1909. - Large in-8, 279 x 204: frontispiece, (2 ff.), VIII, 281 pp, (2 ff.), 4 plates, printed cover. Old pink half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated with gilt and mosaic flowers and lyre, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Pagnant). Another copy of the same edition. Edition of 497 copies; this is one of 65 on large imperial japon containing two states of the engravings, before the letter with remarks and with the letter (no. 76). A very fine copy in a period mosaic binding signed by Édouard Pagnant (1852-1916), enriched with publication flyers. Spine slightly faded, slight rubbing to head cover and corners.

Estimate
€400 - €600
Result
€505
Buyer's premium
25%
LOUŸS (Pierre) - COLLIN (Raphaël). Aphrodite. Mœurs antiques. Paris: Librairie des amateurs, A. Ferroud, F. Ferroud, successeur, 1909. - Large in-8, 279 x 204: frontispiece, (2 ff.), VIII, 281 pp, (2 ff.), 4 plates, printed cover. Old pink half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated with gilt and mosaic flowers and lyre, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Pagnant). Another copy of the same edition. Edition of 497 copies; this is one of 65 on large imperial japon containing two states of the engravings, before the letter with remarks and with the letter (no. 76). A very fine copy in a period mosaic binding signed by Édouard Pagnant (1852-1916), enriched with publication flyers. Spine slightly faded, slight rubbing to head cover and corners.
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