Ovide / Paul Emile Bécat - L'art d'aimer - 1952

Paris, Editions Athêna (coll. "Athêna Bibliophile"), 1952. Large format, 182 pages, loose-leaf, with a illustrated, vellum-covered dust jacket, red velvet slipcase and binding, with gilt title on the back. The slipcase is a little worn (see photos). Interior fresh.

Edition limited to 997 copies. This is one of the 770 copies numbered on Chiffon from Papeteries d'Arches, numbered 976.
Illustrated with 13 off-text drypoints and 3 colored initial letters by Paul-Emile Bécat.