Softcover volume, 23.5 x 15 cm, in tan French flapped wrappers with red lettering to front, collated in-4to, in a tan double slipcase 24 x 15 cm with red lettered label to spine, pp.: [1-12] 13-112 [8], total 120 pages, incl. those within wrappers; printed on thick wove paper watermarked “Lafuma Frères”, 5 full-page and 6 half-page illustrations within collation, incl. frontispiece, guard tissue laid in.
Title-page (red and black): LE ROMAN | DE | GODEMICHET | ÉPOPÉE | LIBERTINE | ET VÉCUE | composée par un | DESCENDANT D’HERMES | AMI DES MUSES | ÉMULE DE PRIAPE | et illustrée par un | MAITRE DU GENRE | ÉDITÉ POUR LES | AMIS DE L’AUTEUR | A PARIS EN L’AN DE GRACE | MCMXLVIII ||
Limited edition 200 + XX, this is copy № 175.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel III № 2336.
Jean Reschofsky (French, 1905 – 1998) – artist.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | 20th century , Erotica , Fiction , French erotic fiction , French literature , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Modern literature , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Etching , Hand-colouring , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1948 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Binding | Slipcase , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2023 |
