Publisher’s wrappers, 21.3 x 14.8 cm, 10 four-leave gatherings, unsigned, pp.: [8] 1-70 [2]; total 40 leaves (80 pages), illustrated with 73 in-text woodcuts in sanguine after Feodor Rojankovsky drawings. [1]4 recto reproduces the author’s handwriting. Unbound. Some foxing to the wrappers, all pages clean.
Title-page: Poésies Érotiques | de | Pierre Louys | {vignette} | ROME | 1937 ||
Print run limited to 311 copies, 230 copies (№№ 71-300) on BFK Rives wove paper (watermarked); of which this is copy № 93.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel III 2230.
Contributors:
Pierre Louÿs (French, 1870 – 1925) – author.
Feodor Rojankovsky [Rojan, Фёдор Степанович Рожанковский] (Russian-American, 1891 – 1970).
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 poetry , Humour , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Modern literature , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1937 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Binding | Original , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
