Elagabal.
Paris: L'Édition moderne, Paris [1910]. 375pp.
Item #8869
Uncommon novel about the controversial Roman emperor. Elagabal (or Elagabulus) is reputed to have been either bi-sexual or transexual, with 'yeux efféminés dans sa face d'androgyne' and longs to be the wife of his male lover, Hierocles." See Icks, Images of Elagabalus @ 211.
Very good in contemporary marbled paper boards, paper wrappers present, small penned notations, signature of Jean Heretier on endpaper.
Price: $300.00
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