Pierre Louis Icart - Chrysis - 1940

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

Publisher: LI - 1940, 2 leaves, 28 pages with 15 etchings in color, of which only 3 on 5 full pages (unfortunately two full pages are missing, so 13 etchings are 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 one is no. 25 of 125, on cream vellum, numbered from 23 to 147.

Original gold pergamin cover, inserted in its original marbled gold-decorated cardboard case, itself inserted in its original marbled gold-decorated cardboard case.
Copy preserved in its sleeve and case. Very fine copy, with vivid colors

Paris, Monod - Edition published 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 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 only 147 copies

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