MAILLOL. NABIS. SATIRE. ANTIQUITY. LUCIAN OF SAMOSATE. Dialo - Lot 212

MAILLOL. NABIS. SATIRE. ANTIQUITY. LUCIAN OF SAMOSATE. Dialogues des courtisanes. Paris, 1948. In-4, [6] f. (including 4 bl. p.), 93-[5] p., leaves in printed vellum cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. Edition illustrated with 35 black lithographs, in the text or full-page, based on compositions by the sculptor Aristide Maillol. Original text translated from Greek by Charles Astruc. Produced by Henri Creuzevault and Dina Vierny, and printed by Pierre Bricage, four years after Maillol's death. Limited edition of 275 numbered copies (this one no. 89), all on special handmade pure hemp paper from the Canson and Montgolfier factories, using Aristide Maillol's processes. Some soiling, notably to the slipcase.