(KLIMT, GUSTAV.) Lucian of Samosata. Hetaerengespraeche des Lukian. Translated into German by Franz Blei. Text printed in gold and black. 15 collotype plates after drawings by Klimt, 365x290 mm; 14 1/2x11 1/2 inches (sheets), full margins. Small folio, original gilt-lettered deep rose cloth; board slipcase. Leipzig: Julius Zeitler, 1907
number 136 of 450 copies. Klimt's fluid, erotic illustrations were selected by him from a series of studies he had undertaken in preparation of his two celebrated "Water Serpents" paintings, 1904-1907 Hayn-Got. IV, 294. A lovely copy.
