LAURENS (Henri) - LUCIEN OF SAMOSATE. - Lot 116

LAURENS (Henri) - LUCIEN OF SAMOSATE. Loukios ou l'âne. Paris: Tériade, 1947. - In-4, 295 x 210: (6 ff. first 5 blank), 88 pp. (6 ff. last 2 blank), illustrated cover. Leaves, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. Fine edition illustrated with 68 original compositions by sculptor and engraver Henri LAURENS (1885-1954), including one on the cover, 43 in the text and 24 full-page woodcuts, some enhanced with gold. The text, printed by Pierre Bouchet, is decorated with line breaks composed by the artist and printed in gold. Edition of 270 copies on Arches vellum pur fil, signed by the artist. A chapel copy from the Pierre Bouchet collection, enriched with 4 sheets of original line drawings, for a total of 19 drawings, including 10 in white on a black background. The sheet containing these 10 drawings is annotated by Pierre Bouchet. Very slight soiling to cover. Spotting on some leaves. Provenance: Pierre Bouchet.