Andréa de Nerciat. Le diable au corps. — Alençon: s.n., 1930.
Author/Editor
Engraver/Block Cutter
Trilleau, Gaston [Legendre, Jean-Gilles ] (French, 1874–1945)
Description: Three volumes, 17 x 14 cm each, uniformly bound in quarter crimson morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands tooled gilt with gilt lettering and fleuron, marbled endpapers, publisher’s wrappers preserved (moire-waffle in light pink (vol. 1), cream (vol. 2) and blue (vol. 3), engraved), printed on wove paper, outer and bottom margin untrimmed, illustrated with etched/aquatint front wrapper, frontispiece, tail- and headpieces, and full-page plates in sepia, presumably after Zyg Brunner.
Title-page (red and black): LE DIABLE | AU | CORPS | ŒUVRE POSTHUME | DU TRÈS RECOMMANDABLE DOCTEUR | CAZZONÉ | (ANDRÉA DE NERCIAT) | Membre extraordinaire de la joyeuse Faculté | phallo-coîro-pygo-glottonomique | TOME PREMIER (DEUXIÈME; TROISIÈME) | ALENÇON | 1930 ||
Vol. 1: front wrapper, blank leaf, h.t./limitation, t.p., [1] 2-180, 2 blank leaves, back wrapper; frontispiece, 7 full-page plates (incl. frontispiece), and 13 tail- and headpieces.
Vol. 2: front wrapper, blank leaf, h.t./limitation, t.p., [1] 2-193 [194 blank], blank leaf, back wrapper; 8 full-page plates (incl. frontispiece), and 12 tail- and headpieces.
Vol. 3: front wrapper, blank leaf, h.t./limitation, t.p., [1] 2-180 [181 colophon], [182 blank], blank leaf, back wrapper; frontispiece, 8 full-page plates (incl. frontispiece), and 13 tail- and headpieces.
Limitation: 30 copies (№ 1-30) on Japon Impérial, 300 copies (№ 31-331) on Vélin d’Arches. This copy is № 109.
Colophon: Printed on May 25, 1930, 350 copies on Vélin d’Arches with numbers from 31 to 380 [sic!]
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel (1920-1970) № 1394, p. 129.
Contributors:
André-Robert Andréa de Nerciat (French, 1739 – 1800) – author.
Zyg [Zygismund; Sigismond Leopold] Brunner (Polish, 1878 – 1961) – artist.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | 18th century , 20th century , Aquatint , Erotica , Etching , France , French literature , Illustrated books , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Aquatint , Etching , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1930 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Binding | Hardcover , Morocco , Owner's binding , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
