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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. 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
0365773336.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0-06431Dal 1874 al 1900 48 ritagli applicati in 28 cartelle in-4to riunite in un fascicolo album rilegato ricoperto di carta varese. unknown
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 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
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. 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
198357161Curiosa. Very Good. 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Text in French. Color b/w illus. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Curiosa paperback
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
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
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
223661München: Albert Langen n.d. Illustrated. 4 vols. 4to. Original cloth. About fine. Illustrated. 4 vols. 4to. Provenance: Alastair Cook Albert Langen unknown
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
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 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
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. 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
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
266005Paris n.d. later 19th century. Half-title title and 12 printed caption leaves with passage in Latin each followed by an etching on papier de chine. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter citron levant and marbled boards spine gilt t.e.g. others untrimmed by P. Huban. Engraved book label by Provost-Blondel a helmet with motto Toujours en Face. First two plates with light marginal staining at lower right. Fine. Half-title title and 12 printed caption leaves with passage in Latin each followed by an etching on papier de chine. 1 vols. 8vo. Suite of a dozen finely executed erotic etchings each interpreting a biblical passage with printed captions in the Vulgate.<br /> Genesis 3 - Adam and Eve before the tree with sign Defense de Toucher à l'Arbre de Vits<br /> Genesis 18 - group sodomy scene three men with turbans one youth one woman<br /> Genesis 19 - two women and a bearded man at the mouth of a cave<br /> Genesis 38 - desert scene man and woman joined another woman attending with a fan<br /> Genesis 39 - oriental boudoir woman grasping the man<br /> Judith 13 - classical interior woman atop the man on cushions<br /> Daniel 13 - two old men surprising a young woman at a pool<br /> Kings 11 - David descending the staircase with a lyre in foreground two dark women attending a fair woman at a pool<br /> John 1 - Vox clamantis in deserto. Man and woman atop a sphinx bearded prophet and Egyptian hieroglyphics on the plinth<br /> John 1 - Et Verbum caro factum est. Angel joined with a young woman leaning on a carpenter's bench <br /> Matthew 24 - Vidertis abominationem desolationis. Solder raping a woman in the foreground of a scene of military carnage<br /> Amen - two couples in the foreground of a walled enclosure of erect phalluses with banners Grande Exposition de Vits. Not in Darlow & Moule unknown
1390645665.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
180237632A Lampsaque Paris: chez tous les Marchands de Nouveautés 1802. Orné de vingt figures. 20 engraved erotic plates. 4 106 4 107 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Nineteenth-century three quarter blue morocco some rubbing at extremities. One leaf cropped at corner margin by binder with repair no loss scattered foxing plates bright. Very good. Orné de vingt figures. 20 engraved erotic plates. 4 106 4 107 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The engravings show the erotic play of Graeco-Roman deities and mythological figures such as Mars and Venus Jupiter and Juno satyrs and nymphs as well as of mortals such as Antony and Cleopatra Messalina Ovid and the daughter of Augustus "Julie". The text briefly describes the mythical figures depicted in a variety of postures. Gay-Lemmonyer attributes its authorship to Croze-Magnan. An attractive copy of a scarce book. Kearney The Private Case 337; Pia Les Livres de l'enfer p. 44; Gay Lemmonyer I 167 260-261 chez tous les Marchands de Nouveautés unknown
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
192712414Paris: Jean Fort 1927. Limited edition one of 90 copies on madagascar. Eight lithographs by Louis Malteste each in four states. iv 155 156 blank 1 imprint pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green morocco spine gilt patterned cloth sides stamped in silver marbled endpapers preserving original wrappers. Library stamp to front wrapper shelf label release stamp on last binder's blank. Faintest rubbing to extremities a fine copy attractively bound. Malteste Louis. Limited edition one of 90 copies on madagascar. Eight lithographs by Louis Malteste each in four states. iv 155 156 blank 1 imprint pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Jean Fort hardcover
191127955Paris: H. Daragon 1911. Histoire des petites maisons galantes. 2 engraved plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter green cloth and marbled boards. Fine with original wrappers bound in. Histoire des petites maisons galantes. 2 engraved plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Part of the publisher's "Bibliothèque du Vieux Paris" series. <br/><br/> H. Daragon hardcover
1928LD20009Paris: Jules Meynial 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 150 copies. Contemporary brown morocco by Viau & Zonen. Illustrated by Maurice Lalau. A beautiful book. Makes for a great wedding gift. <br/><br/> Jules Meynial hardcover
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. 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
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
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
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
