LEDA: In Praise of the Blessings of Darkness

-The Deluxe Cheloniidae Press Edition-

1985

First Thus "The Deluxe Edition"(Limited to 60 numbered copies)

By: Pierre Louys (Illustrated with 5 drypoint etchings and 7 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson)

Cheloniidae Press [Northampton, MA ]

4to (unpaginated)

Hardcover [Vellum over handmade, embossed, pale blue paper-covered boards]

Item Number: 14042

$1,500.00

Description

As-new copy of the Deluxe Edition, number 30 of 60 copies signed by the illustrator Alan James Robinson on the colophon page. The book is edged in vellum over handmade, embossed, pale blue paper-covered boards, with an extra suite of Robinson’s five drypoint etchings and seven wood engravings laid-into a chemise within a full-linen-covered tray-case. The cloth of the case is faintly waterstained. The contents are mint.