Berthomme Saint-André, Louis [Berthommé Saint-André] (French, 1905–1977) Rojankovsky, Feodor [Rojan; Рожанковский, Фёдор Степанович] (Russian-American, 1891–1970)
Description: Softcover, 23 x 14.5 cm, original flapped wrappers, spine and front cover lettered in blue «WANDA DE S…. | FRANÇOISE | OU | LES PLAISIRS DU MARIAGE | AUX ALLÉES DES ROSES», leaves untrimmed.
Title-page: WANDA DE S…. | FRANÇOISE | OU | LES PLAISIRS DU MARIAGE | {vignette} | AUX ALLÉES DES ROSES ||
Collation: [1]8 (1 blank in wrapper, 1 blank, h.t., t.p., f.t.p., 3 leaves of text), 2-148 154 (uncut), 116 leaves total plus 10 hand-coloured photogravures by anonymous, extraneous to collation.
Pagination: [1-10] 11-224 [8], ils.; 232 pages total.
Limitation: edition under subscription, limited to 600 copies of which 100 copies (№ 1-100) on pur fil and 500 copies (№ 101-600) on Vélin, this is № 142.
Edition: 1st edition thus, printed by Maurice Darantiere, illustrated with 10 full-page coloured photogravures after an anonymous artist, attributed by some to Feodor Rojankovsky [Rojan] and by some to Louis Berthomme Saint-André. According to J.-P. Dutel, the original watercolours in his collection signed Véronique.
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel (1920-1970): 1605, p. 176; honesterotica.com.
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Erotica , French literature , Illustrated books , Literature , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Hand-colouring , Paper , Photogravure , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1937 |
| Binding | Original , Softcover , Wrappers |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus , Limited |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
