LOUŸS (Pierre) - RAY (Maurice). Aphrodite. Mœurs antiques. Paris: L. Carteret, 1931. - In-8, 258 x 176: (5 ff. last blank), VIII, 266 pp. (2 ff. last blank), illustrated cover. Dark blue morocco, boards decorated with a wide frame of gilded fillets and greciques, small squares of red morocco decorated with a gilded stylized star, and a palmette edged with gilded volutes at the corners inside, ribbed spine decorated in the same spirit, gilded roulette framed inside, brown silk lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, lined slipcase (Canape). Particularly successful edition, illustrated with 57 compositions by Maurice RAY, namely 32 watercolors reproduced in color and printed by A. Porcabeuf, including one on the frontispiece and 2 full-page, and 25 wood-engraved figures in color by Madame Moro-Ruffe, including one on the cover, one on the title, 6 chapter headings, 6 lettrines, 6 culs-de-lampe and 5 faux-titles. Unique edition of 200 copies on wove paper (no. 137). A very fine copy bound by Canape, enriched with the publication prospectus. Some foxing.