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an image of a drawing of a woman sitting on a bed next to a doga brown book with writing on it sitting on a tablea handwritten letter on a piece of paper with a picture of a manan image of a drawing of a woman wearing a necklacea drawing of a woman in a white dress holding a catan image of a drawing of a group of animals in a fielddrawing of a woman sitting in a chair with a hat on her headan image of a black and white drawing of a woman laying on a bedan old book with a black and white image on ita brown cardboard board with a white base on a white backgroundan old book opened to a page with a picture of a cat
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199 - LAURENS, Paul Albert. A series of six etchings by Albert Lau…
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LAURENS, Paul Albert. A series of six etchings by Albert Laurens for *Aphrodite* by Pierre Louÿs. A rare series of six engravings, printed in a limited edition of just 150 copies; this one is on Holland paper. Paris, Pierre Duffaut, 1897. In-8, loose sheets, in a folder with flaps printed in violet, decorated on the front cover with a gilt butterfly. 6 engravings and a facsimile letter. A few foxing spots on the slipcase. A series comprising six original etchings by Paul Albert Laurens (1870–1934). The plates are numbered in pencil and signed on the plate. The novel *Aphrodite*, published in 1896, was a phenomenal success. In the facsimile of the letter that opens the suite (dated 18 September 1897), Pierre Louÿs had already given his consent to the artist. “It is therefore unnecessary to give you my opinion on this illustration, which is now complete. It is exactly as I had imagined it.” Paul Albert Laurens subsequently illustrated two further works by Louÿs: *Léda* and *Les Chansons de Bilitis*. Enclosed is Pierre Louÿs’s preface to his *Aphrodite* (3 printed sheets from the *Revue Blanche*, no. 67, 15 March 1896). Limited edition of 150 copies; this is one of the 100 numbered copies on Holland paper. Engravings in very fine condition.
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