Aphrodite [2 Vols]

Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1937. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrated by Paul-Emile Becat. One of 300 copies accompanied by an additional suite of twenty-two illustrations, some with creases to the top edges. 2 volumes, complete in the slipcase. Near Fine. Half-leather with five raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, clean internally. Louys's erotic novel about a sculptor who goes to great lengths to court the courtesan Chrysis.