LUCIEN DE SAMOSATE

Illustrated edition with numerous ornaments, black vignettes, decorated letters and 45 color compositions including 15 hors-texte by Richard Ranft., one of 220 numbered copies on handmade laid paper.
Handsome copy.
Work decorated with ornaments framing the text on every page.

First collected edition of the French translations established by Paul-Louis Courier and Etienne Béquet, one of the rare copies on grand vélin, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with an engraving as frontispiece.
This volume was published in the collection of Greek novels.