Publisher’s tea green French flapped wrappers with double bordered vignette embossed to front, 298 x 295 mm, 18 gatherings in 4to (i.e. 72 leaves), 280 x 190 mm leaves plus one gathering in the wrappers, outer and lower margins untrimmed; pagination: [2] [1-15] 16-136 [4] [2], not counting leaves in the wrappers; paper watermarked “Lana” (grand vélin de Lana a la forme); 16 pictorial etchings and two fac-simile ms etchings within collation, tissue guards; in a double slipcase 306 x 204 mm with a vignette “capital C in ribbons” to spine of the inner chemise.
Title-page (lilac and black) PIERRE LOUŸS | CYDALISE | AVEC DES ILLUSTRATIONS ORIGINALES | GRAVES A L'EAU-FORTE | {woodcut vignette} | LES AMIS DE L'ÉCRIVAIN | — | PARIS | M C M X L I X ||
Limitation: JUSTIFICATION DU TIRAGE | CETTE ÉDITION ORIGINALE | DU LIVRE DE CYDALISE A ETÉ, POUR SON TIRAGE, LIMITÉE | A DEUX CENT SOIXANTE CINQ EXEMPLAIRES | DONT LA DISTRIBUTION S'EFFECTUE DE LA | FAÇON SUIVANTE. […] DEUX CENTS EXEMPLAIRES SUR GRAND VELIN DE LANA A LA FORME NUMÉROTÉS DE 51 A 250. […] EXEMPLAIRE N° 91 ||
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel III № 1333, p. 116; Nordmann II № 309, 151.
Ref: honesterotica.com
Contributors:
Pierre Louÿs (French, 1870 – 1925) – author.
Jean Traynier (French, fl. 1942 – 1957) – artist (attributed)
Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | 20th century , Clandestine edition , Erotica , French poetry , Humour , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Modern literature , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Vélin de Lana a la forme , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1949 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Binding | Original , Slipcase , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel , Nordmann (Christie's) |
| Location | Bookshelf 15.5. |
| Acquisition year | 2024 |
