Lysistrata
By: Aristophane ; traduction nouvelle de C. Poyard ; quarante eaux-fortes de Barta
Contributors: Poyard, Constant, 1826-1909, translator; Barta, László, 1902-1961, illustrator; Jacob Berger Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: Aux Éditions de la Cigogne
Published: 1932
Place of publication: Fontenay-aux-Roses
Language: fre
Number of pages: 98
Work titles: Lysistrata
Notes: Limited edition of 109 copies

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Rare Book copy: No. 53; original printed wrappers bound in.

Gift; Vivian Berger; 2002.

Rare Book copy: In contemporary binding of full green goatskin, sewn on four supports; upper and lower covers with onlaid silver-painted strips (of paper?) and black goatskin strips; upper cover with triangular wooden insets, containing profiles carved in relief; paper doublures with original portrait drawings by an unknown artist; inner joints of green goatskin; turn-ins and joints gold-tooled with single-line fillet borders; decorated free endpapers, lined with paper containing original decorative drawings; smooth spine with gilt lettering; top edge gilt; three-color silk endband; in slipcase tipped with green goatskin.