Description:
Aristophanes (c. 446-c. 386 BC) Lysistrata, Illustrated and Signed by Pablo Picasso. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited edition, copy number 1,197 of 1,500; signed by Picasso on the limitation page, bound in full red morocco by Bayntun Riviere, tooled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., with the original soft covers bound in at the back, in a custom slipcase; some thumbing and slight foxing, 11 x 8 3/4 in.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
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