Small softcover volume, ‘édition minuscule’ in-32, 13 x 8 cm, publisher’s wrappers, pp.: [1-6] (h.t., t.p., advert.), [7] 8-160 [2 table/blank], included in pagination 8 pasted etchings on India paper after Félicien Rops and one blank leaf next to plate 1; laid paper with watermarks, some pages uncut.
Title-page: DOCUMENTS | POUR SERVIR A L’HISTOIRE DE NOS MŒURS | – | LES | BAS-FONDS | DE LA SOCIÉTÉ | PAR | HENRY MONNIER | AVEC | 8 dessins à la plume | de F. R. | {fleuron} | ÉDITION MINUSCULE | tirée | à 64 exemplaires. || Pencil handwriting on top: 8 gravures de Felicien Rops | 250 –, in the bottom: [1879].
Print run: 64 copies; clandestine edition.
Catalogue raisonné: Vicaire V, 1019; Bory p. 100 (though here is the frontispiece for Les Bas-fonds de la société par Joseph Prudhomme [Henry Monnier], 1864, with all the sheets together; Dutel I, A-134.
Ref: (1) Poulet-Malassis & ses amis № 90 [LIB-3118.2022] ; (2) Félicien Rops: L'oeuvre graphique complète. / Ouvrage établi et présenté par Jean-François Bory. Avec un texte contemporain de l'artiste par J. K. Huysmans. — Arthur Hubschmidt, 1977. [LIB-2241.2019]
Contributors:
Henry Monnier (French, 1799 – 1877) – author.
Félicien Rops (Belgian, 1833 – 1898) – artist.
Henry Kistemaeckers (Belgian, 1851 – 1934) – publisher.
Auguste Poulet-Malassis (French, 1825 – 1878)
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Period | 19 AD , Late 19th century |
| Media/Technique | Etching , Laid paper |
| Subject | 19th century , 20th century , Erotica , France , French erotic fiction , French literature , Humour , Illustrated books , Social life and customs , Wit and humour |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1879 |
| Binding | Original , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Catalogue raisonne | Bory (1977) , J.-P. Dutel , Vicaire (Manuel) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
