Description: Publisher’s French flapped wrappers 28.2 x 19.2 cm, lettering to front cover “SCÈNES | DE | PÉRIPATÉTICIENNES | Εις το αφρωδιαζειν αγει | MCMIII”, pp. [1-6] 7-132 [4]. 10 laid-in (unbound) colour plates after André Collot, including the title-page vignette. Text printed on laid paper, plates on wove paper. According to J.-P. Dutel (1920-1970) № 2366, p. 356, this is a pirated reprint with 11 plates of the 1927 or 1935 edition of “Douze douzains de dialogues”, illustrated with 12 hand-coloured etchings after André Collot (№ 1427, 1428, p. 137, ibid.). Limitation of 200 copies seems fake as per Pia, the copy in BNF bears number 262 (Pia № 1213, p. 635; № 359, p. 200).
Title-page: SCÈNES DE | PÉRIPATÉTICIENNES (arch) | Εις το αφρωδιαζειν αγει | MCMIII ||
Pictorial t.p.: {vignette in colour} | Douze douzains de Dialogues | ou | Petites scènes amoureuses | * || (text in fac-simile ms).
Limitation: edition is limited to 200 copies of which this is copy № 44.
Contributors:
Pierre Louÿs (French, 1870 – 1925) – author.
André Collot (French, 1897 – 1976) – artist.
See: LIB-2819.2021 in this collection.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Clandestine edition , Erotica , French literature , Homosexual , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Modern literature , Pirated editions , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Collotype , Laid paper , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1937 |
| Edition | Clandestine edition , Limited , Pirated edition , Re-print |
| Binding | Original , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel , Pia (1978) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
