LOUYS Pierre (1870-1925)

LOUYS Pierre (1870-1925)
Notes pour Chrysis. Autograph manuscript, [1891-1896] 148 leaves in-4, full burgundy morocco, 5-ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, morocco lining and burgundy moire endpapers, Canape. 1927.
Precious manuscript on the genesis of Aphrodite. Each sheet is laminated to a sheet of strong paper, the whole mounted on a tab.
Draft of Pierre Louÿs's autograph title page.
Notes for later articles.
Answers, history and justifications.
Autograph notes for the printer in pencil, blue by Pierre Louÿs, in view of the publication at the Mercure de France in 1896.
"Chrysis is an ancient courtesan. But readers should be reassured that she will not repent.
She will be loved neither by a monk, nor by a prophet, nor by a god.
In 1894, this is an undeniable originality" ...