Naissances d'Aphrodite / Birth of Aphrodite

New York: Brussel & Brussel, 1966. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Square quarto [27 cm] White cloth over boards with lettering in black on the backstrip and front board. Photographically illustrated endpapers. Very minor toning to the extremities. Title page adhered to the opposite page along the inside margin. In the dust jacket, with moderate rubbing, a crease in the rear inside flap, which runs from the head to the foot, and a minor dampstain along the bottom edge on the reverse. Text in French and English. Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) has been hailed as the premier art-photographer of France. He was a friend of Pablo Picasso and member of the Academy of Fine Arts. His photographs have been exhibited in major art centers all over the world.