Hardcover, 130 x 87 mm boards, 124 x 79 mm block, full mottled sheepskin, gilt-tooled flat spine, gilt fleurons in compartments, crimson morocco label lettered in gilt, board edges tooled gilt; marbled endpapers, bookseller ticket and bookplate “ GERARD NORDMANN EX-LIBRIS”; text and plates printed on laid paper.
Collated 18mo: A-M6 (i.e. 72 leaves); pp.:[1-3] 4-143 [144], plus 8 engraved plates, incl. frontispiece, plus one flyleaf in the front and one in the rear.
Title-page: BIBLIOTHÈQUE | DES | PAILLARDS, | CHOIX DE POÉSIES | EROTIQUES. | — | A PARIS, | Chez Madame BELLE MOTTE; | rue des Déchargeurs. | AU TEMPLE DE LA VOLUPTÉ. ||
Title-page: ELÉONORE, | OU | L'HEUREUSE PERSONNE. | Deuxième Édition. | — | A PARIS, | Chez les Marchands de nouveautés. |— | AN VIII. ||
Faux-t.p.: LA | COMTESSE | D'OLONNE, | COMEDIE | DE M. DE BUSSI RABUTIN. ||
Table des matières.
Épitre dédicatoire
La Foutro-Manie
Ode à Priape
Quatrain du comte de Guiche à M. d'Olonne
La Comtesse d'Olonne, comédie
Mon testament
Le Chapitre général des Cordeliers
Le débauché converti
La gageure, conte
Étymologie de l'Aze-te-foute, conte.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel I № A-146, p. 63; Nordmann II № 90.
Provenance: Gérard Nordmann (Swiss, 1930 – 1992).
Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 18 AD , Late 18th century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Media/Technique | Burin , Copperplate engraving , Etching , Laid paper , Paper |
| Subject | 18th century , Clandestine edition , Engraving , Erotica , French poetry , Illustrated books , Poetry , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1795 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition |
| Binding | Hardcover , Sheepskin , full sheepskin |
| Size | 18mo |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel , Nordmann (Christie's) |
| Location | Bookshelf 25.3. |
| Acquisition year | 2024 |
