Single volume, 20 x 13 cm, quarter brown morocco over marbled boards tooled in gilt, spine with raised bands, gilt in compartments, and gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, printed on wove paper on recto with verso blank, collated 1-48; total 32 leaves, 11 torn off, 47,8 blanks, ; uneven pagination [1] 2-41 [4 blanks], plus engraved title-page and 12 engraved half-page plates with text, uncoloured, by Louis Jaugey (unsigned), one for each month.
Title-page (engraved): vignette with lettering "1775. ANNÉE | GALANTE | OU | ETRENNE | A L'AMOUR | CONTES! | Enrichis de Figures | et d'Ariettes. ||"
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel I: A-82.
Catalogue Poulet-Malassis & ses amis description: № 68. [Auteur inconnu]. Année galante ou Etrenne à l’amour. Contes, enrichis de Figures et d’Ariees. [Vital Puissant, Bruxelles, 1876 ?] 1775. In-8, 3 .n.ch., 29 . imprimés au recto, chirés de 2 à 41, demi-chagrin brun, dos à nerfs orné, let doré sur les mors, tête et tranches jaspées (reliure ancienne). Illustrée de 13 planches dont l’une en frontispice par Louis Jaugey. Les figures sont à mi-page, une pour chaque mois.
Contributors:
Louis Jaugey (French, fl. 1871 – 1876) – artist.
Vital Puissant (Belgian, 1835 – 1878) – publisher.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Almanac , Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Late 19th century |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Erotica , French , French poetry , Humour , Illustrated books , Love , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Engraving , Etching , Paper , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1876 |
| Binding | Hardcover , Quarter morocco |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition |
| Size | 8vo |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
