Order Nr. 138552 LOUKIOS OU L'ANE. Lucien de Samosate.
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LOUKIOS OU L'ANE.

(Laurens, Henri).

Illustrated by Henri Laurens.

  • Paris: Tériade Éditeur, 1947.
  • small 4to
  • loose signatures inserted into a folding paper-covered boards chemise, housed in a paper-covered boards slipcase
  • 88 pages

Price: $550.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 138552

Limited to 270 copies, of whic this is one of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Chemise cracked, but holding, along the front and rear hinges. The slipcase shows minor wear to edges and corners. Interior in fine condition. An elegant book.

This edition of Loukios ou L'âne de Lucien de Samosate (circa 120-180) from Émile Chambry's new translation is illustrated with original woods by Henri Laurens (1885-1954), a French cubist sculptor, painter and draughtsman. There are more than sixty original compositions, including the frontispiece and twenty full-page figures, engraved on wood and partly enhanced with gold. The typography, by Pierre Boucher, accompanied at the end of the decor by H. Laurens and drawn in gold, happily matches the illustration.