Lot 08459

BELMONDO PAUL (illust.), “LES IDYLLES DE THEOCRITE / Traduites par André Berry, Union Bibliophile de France, Paris, 1946. Big 4to, p. 174 in loose 4-sheets, Illustrated with 47 full page drawings by Paul BELMONDO with typography by Maximilien Vox. Text put in French by André BERRY and Edgar VALES. Limited Edition of 1000 copies, this is one of 970 numbered copies on pure Lana thread vellum by (No. 436).

Theocritus is considered the creator of Greek bucolic poetry.The work includes not only pastorals and love poems, but compositions belonging to the most diverse genres.

In Original filled cover and in a brown cardboard slipcase decorated with a cold-stamped medallion. Slight external wear, generally in NEAR FINE state.