Pierre Louis Icart - Chrysis - 1940

LOUYS, Pierre - ICART, Louis: CHRYSIS. Pierre Louÿs's Narrative illustrated with fifteen etchings by Louis Icart.

Publisher: LI - 1940, 2 leaves, 28 pages with 15 color etchings, of which only 3 of 5 full-page (unfortunately two full pages are missing, thus 13 etchings present in this copy).

Text and plates unbound, as issued. Quarto pages (29 x 20.5 cm).

Print run of 147 copies; this is no. 25 of 125, on cream laid paper, numbered from 23 to 147.

Original gold parchment cover, inserted in its original marbled cardboard case gilded, itself inserted in its original marbled cardboard case gilded.
Copy preserved in its sleeve and case. Very fine copy, with vivid colours

Paris, Monod - Published edition under the direction of Charles Meunier, with the etchings by Louis Icart printed in soft-ground etching by master printer Manuel Robbe.

Icart's etchings enjoy worldwide renown and it is estimated that he produced more than 500 during his lifetime. He also illustrated more than 30 books, many of them erotic in nature, and became an accomplished painter. His paintings, more personal and less commercial than his etchings, reflect the fact that they were created mainly for his own pleasure and not intended for a public audience.

Title

CHRYSIS - -- illustrated by Louis Icart - one of the 147 copies only

Publisher
LI (Louis Icart), Paris
Date of publication
1940
Binding
Soft cover
Illustrator
Louis ICART
Edition
First edition limited to 147 copies.