CHRYSIS - -- with illustr. by Louis Icart - one of only 147 copies

Paris: L. I. (Louis Icart), 1940. 1st edition limited to 147 copies. in original wrappers, marbled folder and slicpcase. very good. Louis ICART. LOUYS, Pierre - ICART, Louis:
CHRYSIS. Tale of Pierre Louÿs illustrated with Fifteen etchings by Louis Icart. IN FRENCH. Publisher: L. I. - 1940, 2 sheets, 28 pages, 2 sheets. With 15 (5 full-page) colored etchings by Louis Icart. Nearly all with tissue guards. Text and plates loose, as issued. (Pages slightly browned and foxed.) Quarto (11.25 x 8.375 inches; (29 x 20.5 cm), .-.

Printed in 147 copies; this one n° 97 of 125 on cream vellum copies, numbered from 23 to 147. Cover with undamaged, original pergamine cover (very slightly browned and foxed), inserted in original, undamaged marbled cardboard folder, in original marbled cardboard slipcase (edges rubbed). Paris, Monod 7397. -- Edition published under the direction of Charles Meunier, with the etchings of Louis Icart printed in intaglio by the master printer Manuel Robbe.

- "Icart's etchings have a worldwide reputation and it is believed that he created more than 500 in his lifetime. He also illustrated more than 30 books, many highly erotic, and became an accomplished painter. His paintings are more personal, and less commercial, than his etchings and reflect the fact that they were created largely for his own pleasure and not intended for a public audience. He died in Paris in 1950" (Albany Fine Art).