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1944WRCLIT60465Monaco: Éditions du Rocher 1944. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. Illustrated with drawings in two colors by Francois Eberl. One of three hundred numbered copies for "quelques membres du corps médical" many of whom likely asked for their money back after seeing the illustrations. Wrappers lightly dust soiled and bumped otherwise a very good unopened copy. Éditions du Rocher unknown books
188416696Edinburgh: Privately Printed 1884. Private. hardcover. very good. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid. 29pp. 8vo 1/4 red morocco g.t.; original parchment wrappers bound in. Edinburgh: Privately Printed 1884. Very good .<br/><br/> One of only 75 Large Paper copies. Violent invective against the "trayterous Papists who have so long governed the commonwealth of France."<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
2752London: Printed for Circulation amongst Private Subscribers only 1897. . Large 8vo maroon blind-stamped cloth; spine gilt; some wear to extremities; t.e.g. others untrimmed; fron One of 300 numbered copies London: Printed for Circulation amongst Private Subscribers only, 1897. hardcover books
188127931Paris: Rouveyre 1881. Lithographed title page . frontispiece and decorations by Mesplès. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco and boards gilt-lettered spine t.e.g. others uncut. Pretty copy of a lovely book. Lithographed title page . frontispiece and decorations by Mesplès. 1 vols. 8vo. Rouveyre unknown books
190631790Vienne: C. W. Stern 1906. First French Edition. 223 text and 33 full-page illustrations. 259 1 2 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Cream cloth with red leather labels small piece missing lower left corner some soiling. Internally very good. First French Edition. 223 text and 33 full-page illustrations. 259 1 2 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. C. W. Stern unknown books
1864258189Bruxelles: aux Depens des dames de la yue des Cailles 1864. Engraved frontispiece. 2 iv 190 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. 19th-century half cloth and navy blur morocco spine gilt marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. 2 iv 190 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Burned and Banned. Reprint of the famously banned and burned dirty book of 1655 whose author variously known as Hélot Millot or Milliot was burned in effigy along with all copies of the book which is of course quite rare. But the book's very notoriety assured its survival and numerous reprints have been issued in several languages throiughout Europe from the 17th-century through the 19th. The current reprint reproducd the text of the edition issued at "Fribourg Roger Bontemps 1668." Gay - Lemonnyer II 61-62 aux Depens des dames de la yue des Cailles unknown books
1933239834New York: Privately Issued Anthropological Press 1933. Number 2 of 100 copies for Connoisseur Collectors signed by the Translator Robert Meadows colophon on tipped in small leaf. 30 plates. 254 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Pergamus Sheepskin Parchment decorated in gold t.e.g. Fine. Number 2 of 100 copies for Connoisseur Collectors signed by the Translator Robert Meadows colophon on tipped in small leaf. 30 plates. 254 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Limited Signed Edition One of 100. Privately Issued Anthropological Press unknown books
191332656München: Albert Langen 1913. Illustrated throughout. 2 vols. 4to. Original green decorated cloth. A very nice set some volumes slightly cocked. Illustrated throughout. 2 vols. 4to. Albert Langen unknown books
190831789Berlin: Hofmann & Comp 1908. First edition. 385 text and 36 full-page illustrations. 1 vols. Folio. Olive green cloth stamped in red on cover and spine some fading else a very good copy. First edition. 385 text and 36 full-page illustrations. 1 vols. Folio. Hofmann & Comp unknown books
176727929Amsterdam 1767. Later Fifth edition. . Cinquième edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf joints split but cords holding spine somewhat rubbed interior fine. Bookplate of Hayford Peirce. Later Fifth edition. . Cinquième edition. 1 vols. 8vo. First printed in 1742 the book enjoyed some celebrity and was reprinted several times throughout the century. Voltaire although he called it "un ouvrage qui ne laisse rien dans l'esprit et qu'on oublie comme le héros oublie ses maitresses. Cependant je conçois que le naturel et la vivacité du style et surtout le fond du sujet aient réjoui les jeunes et les vieilles." Barbier I: 682a first ed. unknown books
178327908Cythère et à Paris: Chez Cailleau 1783. First edition. 4 154 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Very pretty contemporary polished mottled calf spines gilt leather labels a.e.g. Fine. First edition. 4 154 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Eight short plays on the theme of love and dalliance. Barbier IV: 687f Chez Cailleau unknown books
192054844Paris: E.F. d'Allignan 1920. One of 270 copies. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original wrappers slight staining. Very Good. In quarter blue morocco slipcase with chemise. One of 270 copies. 1 vols. Small 4to. E.F. d'Allignan unknown books
1925241027London but: New York: At the sign of the Blue Nose 1925. Number 603 of an edition of 1050 copies. 72 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown morocco and marbled boards spine gilt t.e.g. Some minor traces of rubbing. Ghosts of removed bookplate on front pastedown. About fine. Number 603 of an edition of 1050 copies. 72 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Clandestine reprint with false date and imprint of 'Garrison Games' Paris 1905 itself a translation of 'Les Amours de Garnison' ca. 1831. Mendes 165 note At the sign of the Blue Nose unknown books
10720Probably French ca. 1925. The etched plates measure approximately 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 " and are printed on sheets of good-quality laid paper measuring approximately 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ". 1 vols. The etched plates measure approximately 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 " and are printed on sheets of good-quality laid paper measuring approximately 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ". 1 vols. 43 Amorous French Etchings. The etchings represent men and women dressed in 18th Century French fashions disporting themselves in numerous ways chiefly in transports of what might be termed soft-core dalliance but with enough other motifs to suggest that these images may have been intended as book illustrations. The etchings are unsigned either in the plate or margin adding a touch of mystery to these frolicsome inventions. Probably French, ca. 1925 unknown books
186432153Namur i.e. Bruxelles: à l'Enseigne de Boileau dindonnée 1864. First edition ONE OF 150 COPIES PRINTED. Etched frontispiece by FELICIEN ROPS. xii 37pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern boards cloth spine. Rops Felicien. First edition ONE OF 150 COPIES PRINTED. Etched frontispiece by FELICIEN ROPS. xii 37pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Priapic Parody with Rops Frontispiece. Priapic poem parodying the style of Boileau in L'Art Poetique. With an ingenious frontispiece by Rops. Gay-Lemonnyer p. 289 à l'Enseigne de Boileau dindonnée unknown books
178127911Paris: Chez Demonville 1781. First edition. xvi 462 2pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf worn and rubbed joints split but cords holding head and foot of spine chipped internally very good. First edition. xvi 462 2pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Seduction Law. Fournel 1745-1820 was a well--known legal writer and a famous lawyer wrote a large number of legal books including this curious work filled with interesting cases on seduction. He wrote a similar legal study of adultery. Gay III: 1237 Chez Demonville unknown books
223661München: Albert Langen n.d. Illustrated. 4 vols. 4to. Original cloth. About fine. Illustrated. 4 vols. 4to. Provenance: Alastair Cook Albert Langen unknown books
186234794Paris: Jules Gay 1862. First edition No. 74 of 115 copies. 119pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Half tan calf and marbled boards with the original yellow printed wrappers bound in. First edition No. 74 of 115 copies. 119pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Memoirs of a Cross-Dressing Monk: One of 115 Copies. Memoirs of an eighteenth-century cross-dresser published here for the first time except for one fragment from manuscript located in the library of Arsenal. Gay-Lemonnyer I 315 Jules Gay unknown books
1885242732Paris : Chez tous les libraires 1885. Headpieces and initial capitals printed in red and black. 96 2; 89 3 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Original yellow wrappers printed in red and black. Slight soiling to wrappers upper joing of first volume very slightly starting at foot of spine but a pristine unopened copy. In half red morocco slipcase with chemise. Headpieces and initial capitals printed in red and black. 96 2; 89 3 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. "Written with care this little work constitutes an interesting document of the mores of the time" Pauvert "Dictionnaire des oeuvres erotiques". The first edition was published in Bruxelles in 1870 with an Amsterdam imrint and the present edition has been dated around 1885 by Perceau but apparently without any evidence. It has been ascribed to Gustave Droz or his son and to Paul Perret Leghorn The Horn Book but the author remains unknown.<br/><br/>Collection of fiften erotic tales in which the unknown author ".doesn't shrink from using the liveliest of expressions ." Gay. Perceau 41-4; Pia 1395; Private Case 1430 1st ed.; Gay III:1174 1st ed. Chez tous les libraires unknown books
303742np. One plate of monks feasting and a lady coming in. 10; 20 pp. In verse 243 lines with notes following. Wrappers Vg some soiuling. One plate of monks feasting and a lady coming in. 10; 20 pp. In verse 243 lines with notes following. Verse satire directed against the monks and temporal extension of papal power. With a prose introduction and notes. References to Bayle Locke et al. World Cat 2 locations Univ. of Chicago; Univ. of Fl. unknown books
1896313583London: printed and published by Henry Robinson Fleet Street 1896. First edition. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern cloth with morocco spine label original ochre wrappers bound in. Wrappers dust-soiled otherwise near fine. First edition. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Private Case 1713; Mendes 98-A printed and published by Henry Robinson, Fleet Street unknown books
178127909Londres Paris: Cazin 1781. Third edition. Auxquels on a joint l'Histoire d'une Comédienne qui a quitté le Spectacle; & l'Origine des Bijoux indiscrets Conte. 2 212pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Contemporary calf red leather spine label. Small marginal stain at lower right corner throughout otherwise very good. Third edition. Auxquels on a joint l'Histoire d'une Comédienne qui a quitté le Spectacle; & l'Origine des Bijoux indiscrets Conte. 2 212pp. 1 vols. 16mo. " . tout à fait séduisante . " A classic of galanterie this is the first edition which contains L'HISTOIRE d'UNE COMEDIENNE by le Comte de Caylus with separate title page but continuous pagination. Gay cites a contemporary critic Clément who remarked on LES SONNETTES: "Voici une jolie petite nouvelle . Ces mémoires sont écrits avec avec une gaieté d'imagination tout à fait séduisante . " Barbier III: 530b; Gay III: 1134 [Cazin] unknown books
183424966Paris: Perrotin Editeur 1834. Ornée de 104 Vignettes en Taille-Douce desinées par les peintres les plus celèbres. Including Charlet Grandville Grenier Raffet etc. 4 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary dark half blue morocco over marbled boards two hinges repaired else fine. Johannot Tony. Ornée de 104 Vignettes en Taille-Douce desinées par les peintres les plus celèbres. Including Charlet Grandville Grenier Raffet etc. 4 vols. 8vo. With 8 Erotic Plates by Johannot. Inserted are 8 Erotic plates by Tony Johannot Gay Bibliographie de l'Armour III p. 477. Perrotin, Editeur unknown books
191232655München: Albert Langen 1912. Illustrated throughout. 6 vols. 4to. Original decorated cloth. A very nice set some volumes slightly cocked. Illustrated throughout. 6 vols. 4to. Albert Langen unknown books
1700258206N.p. France 1700. 95 engravings on CHINA PAPER mounted to larger sheets inluding an engraved portrait of La Fontaine each identified and numbered by hand in pencil. 1 vols. 1-1/2 x 2-1/4 inches Images ; 10-1/2 by 7-1/2 most mounts. Bound into a single volume in modern red buckram lettered in gilt on spine; "FROM A QUAKER'S COLLECTION". Flyleaf docketed in pencil "From the Collection of T. Wistar Brown" and with the bookplate of Brown's son-in-law Henry Goddard Leach. Some occasional foxing to mounts images quite clean. 95 engravings on CHINA PAPER mounted to larger sheets inluding an engraved portrait of La Fontaine each identified and numbered by hand in pencil. 1 vols. 1-1/2 x 2-1/4 inches Images ; 10-1/2 by 7-1/2 most mounts. From the Private Cabinet of an American Quaker. T. Wistar Brown was the descendant of the Philadelphia Quaker family of Moses Brown and Mary Wain Wistar. Author and poet Henry Goddard Leach married T. Wistar Brown's daughter Agnes. unknown books