Petite Mythologie Galante a L'usage Des Dames by Lambert, andré - 1928

Paris: Devambey, 1928. Oblong small 4to, printed wrappers with a small illustration contained in a marbled paper-covered chemise and matching slipcase with printed label. Slipcase scraped with some loss of covering at bottom edge. All else fine. One of 350 copies on vélin d'Arches with the watercolor illustrations in their "état definitive en couleurs." Three page preliminary discourse within double borders, decorated initial and headpiece, followed by thirteen very pretty, erotic representations of the classical gods and goddesses, each with two page text with symbolic initial and colored borders. Charming work. An illustration can be found on my website by clicking on Catalogue 31 (item 46).. Printed Wrappers, Slipcase. Fine. Illus. by André Lambert. Oblong Small 4to.