Description: Softcover, original blue-grey wrappers, maroon fleuron to front wrapper « P.L. {copulating couple} 1897. », 28.5 x 23 cm, in a grey double slipcase. Pp.: [1-10] 11-192 [2] [6 blanks], total 200 pages, 50 folio leaves folded in half collated in 4to, unbound, plus 16 coloured lithographs by Jean Berque; all printed on wove paper watermarked “LANA”. This is № 207 of an undisclosed number of copies. Edition enriched with a suite of 12 hand-coloured etchings after Éduard Chimot for publication in the late 1940s (Dutel 2524) on BFK Rives paper.
Title-page (maroon and black): P. L. | TROIS | FILLES | DE LEUR | MÈRE | {fleuron} | A L'ENSEIGNE DU CHAT POUR CHAT | M DCCC XCVII ||
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel 2523, Pia 1340.
Contributors:
Pierre Louÿs (French, 1870 – 1925) – author.
Jean Berque (French, 1896 – 1954) – artist.
Édouard Chimot (French, 1880 – 1959) – artist.
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Clandestine edition , Erotica , French erotic fiction , French literature , Homosexual , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Modern literature , Pirated editions , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Etching , Hand-coloured lithograph on paper , Hand-colouring , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | Early 1940s |
| Edition | Clandestine edition , Limited |
| Binding | Box , Folder , Original , Softcover |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel , Pia (1978) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
