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LOUYS Pierre (1870-1925)

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LOUYS Pierre (1870-1925)
Collection of works
- Complete works of Pierre Louÿs. Paris, Montaigne editions. 1929-1931. 13 volumes in-8. Half burgundy basane with corners, smooth spines titled, tomé and decorated, gilt heads, covers and spines preserved.
Edition at 1800 numbered copies, this one of 55 on Hollande Pannekoek (n°67). Numerous facsimiles of the author's writings.
Contains: Journal intime 1882/1891| Poëtique followed by Théâtre, projets et fragments| La Femme et le pantin followed by Voyage en Espagne| Les Chansons de Bilitis traduites du grec followed by Chansons modernes| Le Crépuscule des nymphes followed by Lectures antiques| Les Aventures du roi Pausole| Archipelago preceded by Dialogue sur la danse| Poems of Meleacre followed by Mimes des courtisanes| Tales preceded by Les trois roses de Marie Anne| Complete Poems| Literature followed by Ancient Books and Inscriptions et belles lettres| Psyche| Aphrodite. Moeurs antiques. (Does not contain the illustrations by A. Calbet).
- The Adventures of King Pausole. Paris, G. & R. Briffaut Editeurs, collection "Le Livre du Bibliophile" 1924. In-4, 301 pp. Brown half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine titled in gold and decorated, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (P.L. Martin). Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. This one is one of the 925 on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper (n° 938). The copy is enriched with an autograph letter signed by Pierre Louÿs, as well as its envelope, mounted on tabs at the beginning of the volume. It is addressed to "Madame Hugo Finaly" (1 p. ¼ in purple ink): "[...] I learn just now that you have the gracious intention of offering Louise a garden table and that you came yesterday about it. [...] ».
Nice condition (slight loss at the lower cover).
- Contes choisis. Paris, Georges Crès et Cie, 1919. In-8, 281 pp. Red half-basane with corners, smooth spine titled and decorated, gilt head (spine partially detached). Woodcut frontispiece in colour by Gabriel Daragnès.
- Les Chansons de Bilitis. Paris, Lallemand, 1946. In-folio (386 x 290 mm), VIII, 188 pp. in leaves, printed in red and black. Filled cover, in blue cloth slipcase.
Illustrated with original copperplates in colour by Jean BERQUE. Limited edition of 125 numbered copies, one of 95 on Rives vellum (n° 119). (The slipcase is in very good condition| the cover is spotted| slight foxing).
PROVENANCE: Horace Finaly Library