DULAC (JEAN) - LONGUS. Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. Translation by Jacques Amyot. A Paris, chez l'artiste, 1931, in-8, full duck-blue morocco, smooth spine, gilt title in gilt frame, gilt head, suede-lined full morocco dust jacket, edged slipcase (signed M. Moura in Lyon). Illustrated by Jean Dulac with 25 exquisite burin engravings, including one on the cover, a title vignette, one hors-texte and 22 in-texte. Artist's copy on laid paper, with a suite of engravings and 2 rejected artist's proofs. A few small brown spots, a fine copy, perfectly bound by Michel Moura (MOF, 2007).

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