Cleante and Belise, Their Loves and Their Letters. Undated, but 1929. 8vo. Text in English. Half–title, 11 dry–point etchings in an erotic galante style, including 6 plates, 4 headpieces, frontispiece, title, and woodcut tailpieces, all by Jean Dulac. Half morocco over marbled paper boards, spine titled in gilt with vertical gilt filets in an Art Deco style. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Limited to 300 copies ( though I can find no statement of limitation ). Printed on hand–made Montval paper. A clean copy, unfaded, tight and without inscriptions. Bright boards, fresh gilt and tight binding. Touch of dulling to the closed page edges. An attractive copy.
Publisher: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane, 1929
Condition: Near Fine +. Wrapper: No Jacket ( as Issued )
