Volume bound by Boichot (signed on front pastedown), 25.3 x 20.2 cm in a 25.9 x 20.3 slipcase, the book and the case uniformly in beige, brown, and blue diaper paper with a navy blue label with gilt lettering to book's spine, top edge gilt, J.-P. Dutel’s bookplate to fep, portfolio cover preserved. Pp.: [1-4] 5-37 [38 blank]; collated 4to, 13 2-54; total 19 leaves (38 pages), plus 12 plates coloured in stencil technique (pochoir), produced after watercolours by Gerda Wegener in c. 1917 on Arches or Whatman laid paper, watermarked. Each illustration bears a small masquerade mask at the bottom as a signature. Text printed on laid paper without a watermark; starting from 2nd gathering, the text printed on recto only; minor traces of water stain to some pages.
Title-page (red and black): ALEXANDRE DE VÉRINEAU | Douze Sonnets lascifs | pour accompagner la suite d’aquarelles intitulée | Les Délassements d’Éros | {vignette medallion} | ÉROTOPOLIS | A L’ENSEIGNE DU FAUNE | 1925 ||
First edition, first printing (incl. plates); clandestine.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel 1356, 1434; Pia 363/4; Noedmann I 310; Fekete 221.
Contributors:
Louis Perceau (French, 1883 – 1942) – author (see LIB-2633.2021: Guillaume Apollinaire, Fernand Fleuret, Louis Perceau. L'enfer de la Bibliothèque Nationale. — Paris: Mercure de France, 1913).
Gerda Wegener (Danish, 1886 – 1940) – artist.
Maurice Duflou (French, 1885 – 1951) – publisher.
Boichot – bookbinder.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Period | 20 AD , Early 20th century |
| Media/Technique | Au pochoir , Laid paper , Watercolour |
| Subject | 20th century , Erotic illustration , Erotica , France , French poetry , Humour , Illustrated books , Wit and humour |
| Edition | 1st edition , Clandestine edition |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1917 , 1925 |
| Binding | Hardcover , Paper , Slipcase |
| Catalogue raisonne | Fekete (Christie's) , J.-P. Dutel , Nordmann (Christie's) , Pia (1978) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
