Description: Original cream French flapped wrappers, 27.4 x 20 cm, in a white moiré double slipcase 28.5 x 21.5 cm; collated 4to, gatherings with double-page illustrations collated 6to; printed on thick wove paper watermarked “BFK RIVES”, outer and bottom margins untrimmed; paginated: [2 blanks] [1-8] 9-140 [4] [2 blanks], total 44 pages (besides the blanks in wrappers), illustrated with 12 full-page and 4 in-text drypoint plates by Georges Viglino after pencil drawings by Gaston de Sainte-Croix. Enriched with 16 leaves of plates printed in sepia on Arches teinté paper (watermarked).
Title-page (in salmon and black): NOUS | DEUX | ILLUSTRE DE | SEIZE POINTES SÈCHES ORIGINALES | ÉDITIONS DU CYCLAMEN – M CM LVI ||
Limitation: A print run of 200 copies, of which 2 copies (A and B) on Japon Nacré + one suite of plates on Japon Impérial, 30 copies (№ 1-30) on Rives + one suite of plates on Arches, and 168 copies (№ 31-198) on Rives pur fil. This copy is № 29, on BFK Rives with a suite on Arches.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel (1920-1970) № 2055, p. 282.
Contributors:
Marcel Valotaire (French, 1889 – 1979) – author
Gaston de Sainte-Croix (French, 1904 – 1977) – artist
Georges Viglino – engraver/printer (attributed by Dutel).
Jacques Vialetay – publisher (attributed by Dutel).
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 literature , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Literature , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Drypoint , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1956 |
| Binding | Folder , Original , Slipcase , Wrappers |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
