The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1951.
Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Item #17728
This beautifully illustrated 1951 Limited Editions Club presentation of The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche was produced in an edition limited to 1500, of which this is number 1376, signed by beloved artist of the Golden Age of Illustration Edmund Dulac (1882–1953), printed by Huxley House in New York under Warren Chappell, with text compased in his Trajanus type, bound in full vellum and housed in a slipcase of English parchment, including the LEC monthly letter and publication announcement for this second book in their Twentieth Anniversary Series and first full vellum-bound book in the publisher's history. Here, in otherworldly prose from the pages of Walter Pater's "'Marius the Epicurean," and presented alongside 6 vivid color illustrations from watercolor paintings by Edmund Dulac and signed by the artist, is the timeless and enduring love story of the Roman god of desire and the beautiful mortal princess his mother, the goddess Aphrodite, sends him to punish, and all the mystery, secrecy, trials, and tribulations the lovers Psyche and Cupid must face in order to make their union an eternal one, celebrated by the gods on Mount Olympus and readers like you, many milennia since the philosopher Apuleius recorded the ancient myth in Latin. Edition limited to 1500, signed by Edmund Dulac to limitation page, of which this is number 1376. 10 3/8" X 7 1/4". 64pp. Bound in full vellum over bevelled with upper board and spine titled in gilt, housed in a slipcase of English parchment. Moderate wear to binding, with foxing and sunning to head of spine and edges and faint creasing to outer hinges. Binding is firm, square, and sound. Faint foxing to endpapers. Pages are intensely musty, else clean and unmarked. Heavier soiling, sunning, toning, and edgewear to slipcase, still sound. PAGES MUSTY. Illustrated in 6 color plates reproduced by collotype by Athur Jaffe from watercolors by Edmund Dulac.
Price: $95.00