[ROCHEGROSSE (Georges)]. PÉTRONE. Le satyricon. Paris, Louis - Lot 67

[ROCHEGROSSE (Georges)]. PÉTRONE. Le satyricon. Paris, Louis Conard, 1910. In-4, edition illustrated with 4 copper-engraved plates by Louis Mortier after compositions by Georges Rochegrosse, including a frontispiece, and a rich, wood-engraved erotic antique frame to the text leaves by Beltrand. Translation by Laurent Tailhade. Limited edition of 170 numbered copies, this one no. 163, one of 150 on Hollande Van Gelder tinted vellum. Bound in full red morocco, the boards with gilt fillet, roulette, string of pearls and gilt fillet, palmettes, scrolls and pearls in mosaic blue morocco on the spandrels, mosaic 4-cornered spine, gilt fillets and repeated mosaic motifs on the counterpanes, double marbled paper endpapers, top edge gilt, covers and spine preserved. In a cardboard slipcase. (foxing on edges, case rubbed, discharges).