Byblis. by LOUŸS, Pierre

Paris: Librairie Borell, 1898. Quarter morocco, 5 1/2 inches tall. Delightful little volume in a pretty binding with two gilt raised bands and delicate gilt tooling to the spine. Gilt top edge. The charming full page illustrations by J. Wagrez are repeated 'Hors-Texte'. A retelling of the myth of Biblis, who after falling in love with her twin brother Caunus, follows him across Greece, until grief-struck she is turned into a spring, or fountain. In French.