[Gustave Droz]. Un été à la Campagne. Correspondance de deux jeunes parisiennes recueillie par un auteur à la mode / illustrée de dix eaux-fortes et d’une aquarelle originale [par Frans de Geetere]. — s.l.: Imprimé sous le manteau et ne se vend nulle part, 1918 [i.e. 1928].

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

Collection	Illustrated books, Library
Type or 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	Laid paper
Technique	Copperplate engraving, Hand-colouring, Etching
Author/Editor	Droz, Gustave (French, 1832 – 1895)
Artist	Geetere, Frans de (Belgian, 1895 – 1968)
Printer	Unknown
Publisher	Unknown
Publishing year	1928
Binding	Original, Softcover, Wrappers
Edition	1st edition, thus, Clandestine edition, Limited
Catalogue raisonné	J.-P. Dutel
Acquisition year	2023

Collection

Illustrated books, Library