Description: Softcover 25 x 17 cm in the publisher’s French flapped wrappers lettered to front in black and green « Pierre Louys | MANUEL | DE | CIVILITÉ | POUR LES PETITES FILLES | à l'usage | des | maisons d'éducation » in a frame; unbound, 14 loose bifold wove paper (BFK Rives) sheets collated 4to, in glassine dust jacket, in slipcase; pp.: [1-10] 11-104 [8], total 56 leaves plus 12 laid-in plates after an anonymous artist’s watercolours and drawings reproduced by photogravure and stencil-coloured (au pochoir).
Title-page: MANUEL | DE | CIVILITÉ | POUR LES PETITES FILLES | à l'usage | des | maisons d'éducation | ~ | LONDERS | MCMXLVIII ||
Limitation: 299 copies of which 1 copy (№ UN) on Vieux Japon enriched with the original watercolours and drawings and a b/w suite; 6 copies on Auvergne, each with one original watercolour and a b/w suite (№ I-VI); 6 copies on Auvergne each with one original drawing and a b/w suite (№ VII-XII); 15 copies on Auvergne enriched with a b/w suite (№ XVIII-XXVIII); 271 copies on Vélin de Rives (№ 1-271). This is copy № 91.
Publisher, printer, artists – anonymous and unknown. Clandestine edition, marked "London", i.e. Nice, France.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel (1920-1970) № 1920, p. 251.
For the original edition, see: LIB-3116.2022.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Media/Technique | Au pochoir , Photogravure , Stencil , Wove paper |
| Subject | 20th century , Erotica , France , French poetry , Humour , Wit and humour |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1948 |
| Binding | Original , Slipcase , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
