JOSSO.- LUCRECE. De Rerum Natura. French translation by A. E - Lot 140

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JOSSO.- LUCRECE. De Rerum Natura. French translation by A. E - Lot 140
JOSSO.- LUCRECE. De Rerum Natura. French translation by A. Ernout. Decorated with original burins engraved by C.P. Josso. P., Aux dépens de l'artiste, 1950, large 4°, full green morocco, top board decorated with a black mosaic figure, smooth spine titled in gold, gilt head, balsa paper endpapers, cover and spine cons. (spine uniformly faded, small snags on the headpieces). Limited edition of 215 copies on Lana vellum. 1/21 with a suite of engravings in second state with remarks (without the copperplate and the two sketches announced). Signature in pencil of Josso. Work decorated with 47 original burins by Camille-Paul Josso including the frontispiece, the title vignette, 6 full-page titles, 38 compositions in the text and a cul-de-lampe.
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