Description: Softcover 282 x 194 mm in the publisher’s French flapped wrappers lettered to front «MANUEL | DE | CIVILITÉ | POUR LES | PETITES FILLES | À L'USAGE DES | MAISONS D'ÉDUCATION | {checkers} | BRUXELLES – MCMXIX» in a fuschia frame; stitch bound, 64 leaves of laid paper (incl. thise in wrappers) with no watermark; pp.: [1-8] 9-127 [128] [8] plus 12 plates on vowe paper in collotype, handcoloured, after drawings by Martin van Maele. Title-page: same as front wrapper.
Limitation: 400 copies of which this is copy № 5.
Colophon: JUSTIFICATION DU TIRAGE : Cet ouvrage tiré sur Alfa Vergé a 400 exemplaires numérotés de 1 à 400, réservés aux seuls sous-cripteurs, n'a pas été mis dans le commerce. Exemplaire N° 5
Author, publisher, printer, artist – anonymous. Clandestine edition, marked "Bruxelles", i.e. Paris, France.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel (1920-1970) № 1919; Luc Binet 106.
Illustrations taken from earlier editions of La Grande Danse macabre des vifs and De Sceleribus et Criminibus.
Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Media/Technique | Collotype , Hand-colouring , Laid paper |
| Subject | 20th century , Erotic illustration , Erotica , France , French poetry , Humour , Illustrated books , Wit and humour |
| Edition | Clandestine edition , Limited , Pirated edition , Re-print |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1930 |
| Binding | Original , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel , Luc Binet 2017 |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
