Two volumes, 133 x 88 mm each, uniformly bound in full tree calf, bordered in gilt garland, board edges and flat spine tooled in gilt, gilt fleurons in compartments, two crimson morocco labels to spine lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers, bookplate “MK” to front pastedown, one binder’s flyleaf in the front and one in the rear.
Title-page: MÉMOIRES | DE | SATURNIN, | ÉCRITS PAR LUI-MÊME, | Nouvelle édition, corrigée & augmentée, | avec Figures. | (in rules) PREMIERE PARTIE / SECONDE PATIE [sic]. | {fleuron} | A LONDRES. | — | M. DCCLXXXVII. ||
Collation 18mo:
Vol. 1: π2 A-T6 V4 (i.e. 118 leaves); pp.: [4] 1-235 [236 blank], plus 13 plates, incl. frontispiece, extraneous to collation.
Vol. 2: π2 A-M6 N4 (i.e. 76 leaves); pp.: [4] [1] 2-151 [152], plus 11 plates, extraneous to collation.
Twenty-four plates were executed in etching and burin on copper plate by François-Rolland Elluin (French, 1745 – 1810) after Antoine Borel (French, 1743 – 1810).
Catalogue raisonné: Cohen 431; Dutel I № A-523, p. 166/7 ; Nordmann I № 156 (large 185 x 125 mm)
Author: Gervaise de La Touche, Jean-Charles (French, 1715 – 1782)
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Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 18 AD , Late 18th century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Media/Technique | Laid paper , Paper , Stipple engraving |
| Subject | 18th century , Erotica , Fiction , French erotic fiction , Illustrated books , Prose , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1787 |
| Edition | Clandestine edition |
| Binding | Full calf , Hardcover |
| Size | 18mo |
| Catalogue raisonne | Cohen, de Ricci (1912) , J.-P. Dutel , Nordmann (Christie's) |
| Location | Bookshelf 25.3. |
| Acquisition year | 2024 |
