Pierre Louis Icart - Chrysis - 1940

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

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

Text and plates not bound together, 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.

Cover in original gold parchment, inserted in its original marbled cardboard case gilded, which itself is inserted in its original marbled cardboard case gilded.
Exemplary copy kept in its slipcase and case. Very beautiful copy, with vivid colors

Paris, Monod - Published edition under the direction of Charles Meunier, with Louis Icart’s etchings printed in intaglio 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 that they were created mainly for his own pleasure and not for a public audience.

Title

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

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