A. D. M. [Alfred de Musset]. Gamiani ou deux nuits d’excès. — En Hollande [i.e. Bruxelles]: s.n., 1866.
Artist
Devéria, Achille (French, 1800–1857) Grévedon, Henri (French, 1776–1860) Tassaert, Octave (French, 1800–1874)
Devéria, Achille (French, 1800–1857) Grévedon, Henri (French, 1776–1860) Tassaert, Octave (French, 1800–1874)
Single volume, 18 x 12.5 cm, bound in ¾ crimson morocco over marbled boards, gilt double-fillet borders, spine with gilded raised bands, gilt in compartments, gilt-lettered label, marbled endpapers, top margin gilt, text printed on dense wove paper, with 8 etchings by anonymous on thin laid paper (Chine) with tissue guards, after original lithographs by Devéria and Henri Grévedon or Octave Tassaert for the 1833 edition (1926 re-print LIB-3135.2023); the plate with the ape after 1864 edition (LIB-3087.2022) and the plate with the donkey after unknown.
Title-page: GAMIANI | OU | DEUX NUITS D’EXCES | PAR | A D M | — | EN HOLLANDE | – | 1866 ||
Pagination: [4] (h.t., t.p.), [i] ii-xvi, [3] 4-153 [154 blank]; total 158 pages plus 8 plates (anonymous etchings), incl. frontispiece.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel I: A-470; Pia: 518/9. BNF Enfer 418.
Note: This edition is conformant with Dutel, but not with Pia, who mentions [2], xvi, 148 pp. Pia writes: 'According to a bibliographic record published in 1874 by Vital Puissant, this edition was printed in Brussels by Briard on behalf of Alphonse Lécrivain, a Parisian publisher who took refuge in Belgium'.
Catalogue Poulet-Malassis & ses amis description: № 74. [Alfred de MUSSET] A D M. Gamiani ou deux nuits d’excès. En Hollande, 1866. In-8 de xvi, 153 pages, demi-maroquin cerise à coins, dos à nerfs orné, lets dorés sur les mors, tête dorée, tranches naturelles, couverture conservée (reliure ancienne). Illustré de 8 gravures sur Chine dont l’une en frontispice, toutes accompagnées de serpentines. Piqûres et mouillures. Dutel A-470, pas à l’Enfer de la BnF.
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Mid-19th century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Material | India paper , Paper , Wove paper |
| Media/Technique | Etching |
| Subject | 19th century , Clandestine edition , Engraving , Erotica , Etching , Fiction , French erotic fiction , French literature , Illustrated books , Modern literature , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1866 |
| Binding | 3/4 , Hardcover , Morocco |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel , Pia (1978) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |