Longus / Carlègle - Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé - 1919

Unique copy on Japon paper, printed especially for Carlègle, the illustrator.
Limited edition, illustrated with numerous woodcuts by Carlègle.
Superb half-binding by Maître with scintillating gilding.

Quarto, tan half morocco binding with corners, ribbed spine, finely adorned with gilded fillets in the compartments, gold fillets on the joints and corners, preserved covers and spine, gilded top edge (binding signed Semet and Plumelle).

Translated from Greek by Amyot.


Carefully packed and insured postal shipment.