Description: softcover, 25.5 x 16.5 cm, pink French flapped wrappers with black lettering, printed on laid paper watermarked “ARCHES (France)”, with 10 plates (etchings) bound in and 1 plate (coloured etching) laid in, extraneous to collation, with tissue guards; pp.: ffl, [2] h.t., [2] t.p., 1- 151 [152] [4] colophon, blank, ffl; some pages uncut; margins untrimmed.
Title-page: UN ÉTÉ A LA | CAMPAGNE | CORRESPONDANCE DE DEUX | JEUNES PARISIENNES RECUEILLIE | PAR UN AUTEUR A LA MODE | ILLUSTRÉE DE DIX EAUX-FORTES | ET D’UNE AQUARELLE ORIGINALE | {blank} | IMPRIMÉ SOUS LE MANTEAU | ET NE SE VEND NULLE PART | MCMXVIII ||
Limitation: a print run of 165 copies, of which this is № 129 on Arches à la forme paper.
Cat. Raisonné: Dutel III № 2545, p. 397; Honesterotica.
Contributors:
Gustave Droz (French, 1832 – 1895) – author (presumable)
Frans de Geetere (Belgian, 1895 – 1968) – artist/engraver
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | 20th century , Clandestine edition , Erotica , French erotic fiction , French literature , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Literature , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Copperplate engraving , Etching , Hand-colouring , Laid paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1928 |
| Binding | Original , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2023 |
