APULEE [André Lambert] - Lot 144

APULEE [André Lambert] Amour et Psyché Paris, 1939, la Tradition, large in-8 in sheets with sleeve, 4ff, 93pp, 6ff. of notes-1f.-XLIpp.-2ff. Edition of 350 copies. This is ONE OF 17 ON IMPERIAL JAPON INCLUDING 3 SUITES (A FIRST STATE IN BLACK ON JAPON, a second state on Japon with grisaille remarks, a suite of color plates on Arches), 2 copperplates (one illustration page and one text page) and 1 original watercolor illustration by André Lambert (1887-1967). The illustrations and text are entirely engraved on copper. This book took over two years to complete, from February 1937 to September 1939. Small marks on the slipcase. Perfect inside. Carteret IV-46 "Edition recherché et cotée."