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NEWSoftcover volume 218 x 155 mm, French flapped wrappers in glassine jacket, with red lettering to front “UNE JEUNE FILLE | À LA PAGE”; pp.: [1-8] 9-139 [140] [4], i.e. 72 leaves total, incl. those in the wrapper, plus 10 photomechanically printed colour plates after Paul-Émile Bécat. Limited edition of 400 copies with 350 printed on vélin surfin paper numbered from 51 to 400; this is copy № 254. Title-page (red and black): HELENA VARLEY | UNE JEUNE FILLE | A LA PAGE | {fleuron} | A LA VILLA BRIGITTE | COLLECTION DES DEUX HÉMISPHÈRES || Imprint/Limitation: CETTE ÉDITION, NON MISE DANS LE COMMERCE | ET RÉSERVÉE A DES AMATEURS, A ÉTÉ TIRÉE | A 400 EXEMPLAIRES, TOUS NUMÉROTÉS A LA | PRESSE, A SAVOIR : | 50 EXEMPLAIRES SUR VELIN PUR FIL LAFUMA, | NUMÉROTÉS DE 1 A 50 ; | 350 EXEMPLAIRES SUR VELIN SURFIN, |NUMÉROTÉS DE 51 A 400. | EXEMPLAIRE N° 254 | Exemplaire sur vélin surfin. || Catalogue raisonné: Dutel III № 2564, p. 401. Honesterotica. Contributors: Nicolaï, Michèle [Varley, Helena] (French, 1896 – 1950) – author. Bécat, Paul-Émile (French, 1885 – 1960) – artist. Duflou, Maurice (French, 1885 – 1951) – publisher. -
NEWSoftcover volume 250 x 190 mm in publisher’s French flapped wrappers in glassine jacket, marbled with red lettering, in a double slipcase 257 x 196 mm with printed imitation of toile de Jouy; printed on watermarked BFK Rives paper, outer and lower margins untrimmed, unbound, folded quires in 4to, pp.: [1-6] 7-116 [4], leaves in the wrappers not counted, plus 12 plates – coloured etchings by Suzanne Ballivet – within collation; tissue guards laid in. Title-page (red and black): HONORÉ - GABRIEL RIQUETTI | COMTE DE MIRABEAU | le rideau levé | ou | L'EDUCATION | de | LAURE | {fleuron} | AUX ÉDITIONS DU PRIAPE D'ARGENT | — | AVEC PRIVILEGE DU ROY || Colophon: LA PREMIÈRE PARTIE DU RIDEAU LEVÉ, | A ÉTÉ ACHEVÉE D'IMPRIMER EN MARS | 1794, SUR LES PRESSES DE MAITRE BRUTUS | NICAISE, A VERSAILLES. | DANS LA SECONDE PARTIE DE CET OU- | VRAGE, TIRÉE TRÈS PROCHAINEMENT LE | LECTEUR RETROUVERA LAURE, LA JEUNE | HEROINE DE CE RECIT, QUI, EN UN LAN- | GAGE DÉNUÉ DE CETTE FAUSSE PUDEUR, | CHERE AUX HYPOCRITES, CONTERA LES | PRÉMICES DE SON INITIATION AUX | JOUTES AMOUREUSES | 🖤 || Justification du tirage. Le tirage de cette édition a été rigoureusement limité a cent quatre-vingt-dix-sept exemplaires. Sa composition s'effectue de la façon suivante : Un exemplaire unique sur Japon Imperial portant le numéro 1 ; Douze exemplaires sur grand papier de Rives a la forme numérotés de 2 a 13 ; Vingt-quatre exemplaires sur grand papier de Rives a la forme, numérotés de 14 a 37 ; Cent soixante exemplaires sur grand papier de Rives a la forme, numérotes de 38 a 197. Enrichis d'une suite des remarques [sv: lacking]. Il a été tiré en outre : vingt-six exemplaires marqués de A à z, destinés à un groupe de bibliophiles d’Afrique du nord. Exemplaire N° 190. Limitation: This is copy № 190 of the print run of 197 commercial copies. Catalogue raisonné: Dutel III № 2333, p. 350 ; Honesterotica. Contributors: Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de (French, 1749 – 1791) – author. Suzanne Ballivet (French, 1904 – 1985) – artist. -
NEW"The Jewish Hungarian artist Nicolas Sternberg moved to Paris in the 1920s, remaining there for the rest of his life, hiding during the German occupation of the city in the 1940s under false identity papers". [MIA: Minneapolis Institute of Art, cited] Jean-Pierre Dutel provides the following information: Nicolas Sternberg was born to Jewish parents on July 9, 1902, in Nagyvárad, in Austro-Hungary. According to the archives of the Préfecture de police in Paris (1930), he was Hungarian. His real name was Miklós Szines-Sternberg. At the time, it was common among painters and sculptors to retain their original German names while adopting Hungarian-German double surnames. From age twelve, he worked as a newspaper illustrator in Budapest before moving to Paris in the early 1920s after studying in Munich. He published regularly in Paris-Soir, one of the most important French daily newspapers between the wars. Despite his talent, only one solo exhibition seems to have been dedicated to him at the Galerie Georges Petit (Georges Petit, 1856–1920) in 1929. Jules Pascin (1885 –1930) exhibited there in 1930 and committed suicide on the opening day. Sternberg is known for his drawings devoted to the circus, madmen, and pornography. He excelled in portraits and self-portraits, particularly fine portraits of his wife Miche and his friend Michel Simon (1895–1975). In 1927, he made drawings for Les Flambeaux de la Noce, a play at the Comédie-Française. He also contributed to the illustration of La Légende des sexes by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 –1941). In 1930, he created illustrations for Les Aventures du Roi Pausole by Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925), published by Simon Kra (1853–1940), and for an edition of the bawdy songs Les Trois Orfèvres à la Saint Éloi, which led to an investigation into its publisher and illustrator. He also produced original watercolours for an edition of Manuel de Civilité by Pierre Louÿs. In 1933, he illustrated Madame de Pompadour by Paul Reboux (1877 –1963). In 1937, Sternberg illustrated Souls and Secrets, a collection of Hasidic stories by József Patai (1882–1953), translated by his son, the anthropologist, ethnologist, and historian Raphael Patai (Budapest, 1910 – Tucson, 1996), who kept some of Sternberg’s works in his home. Portraits of Michel Simon dating from 1932, along with numerous pornographic photographs of Sternberg taken by the actor between 1940 and 1960, demonstrate the longevity of their relationship. In 1940, Sternberg miraculously escaped the Nazi’s aerial bombardment that killed several members of his family. During the Occupation, he lived in hiding with false papers and resumed his career in Paris after the war. Despite visual differences, Jules Pascin and Nicolas Sternberg shared some curious similarities. Their works, though employing different techniques, reflect the same underlying despair. Like Pascin, Sternberg committed suicide. -
NEWHardcover volume 230 x 135 mm, bound in brown buckram with gilt lettering to spine, in craft paper dust jacket with lettering and vignette, and blurb on flaps; collated 8vo: A-O8, i.e. 112 sheets, pp: [1-8] 9-221 [222] [2 blank], plus frontispiece in colour and four leaves of b/w plates after p. 96; First UK edition. Title-page (in cresting frame): THE MEMOIRS | OF AN | EROTIC | BOOKSELLER | by | ARMAND COPPENS | assisted by his | tired wife | CLEMENTINE | and her | distant lover | VOLUME ONE | ⚜ | LONDON: LUXOR PRESS || Imprint: © Armand Coppens, 1969 | Made and printed in | Great Britain by | C. Tinling and Co Ltd | Liverpool, London and Prescot | and | published by | LUXOR PRESS LTD | 50 Alexandra Road | London s w 19 […] || Contributors: Schors, Willem Nicolas [Coppens, Armand] (Dutch, 1925 – 2014) Luxor Press (London) — owner Charles Skilton (British, c.1922 – 1990) -
NEWHardcover volume 180 x 135 mm, blue buckram, embossed black and gilt lettering and vignettes to front and spine, stapled. Collation 8vo: 1-258 264, pp.: [2] 3-405 [406] [2], i.e. 204 leaves plus 13 plates after Boris Efimov and portrait frontispiece after J. M. Holder extraneous to collation; all plates are photomechanical reproductions. This book was published by "Художественная литература" after Academia Publishing, which prepared the edition, had been shut down by the Soviet State in 1938. A reprint of this book with different illustrations was published by Ивановское книжное изд-во in 1959 (see LIB-3349.2024). Title-page (blue and black): Вильгельм Гауф | (in ribbon) СКАЗКИ | {vignette} | 1938 | Государственное издательство | «Художественная Литература» | Москва || Colophon: Книга подготовлена изд-вом «Academia»; print run 10,000 copies. Contents: КАРАВАН. Перевод Н. Г. Касаткиной Рассказ о калифе аисте Рассказ о корабле приведений Рассказ об отрубленной руке Спасение Фатимы Рассказ о Маленьком Муке Сказка о мнимом принце АЛЕКСАНДРИЙСКИЙ ШЕЙХ И ЕГО НЕВОЛЬНИКИ. Перевод И. С. Татариновой Карлик Нос Обезьяна в роли человека История Альмансора ХАРЧЕВНЯ В ШПЕССАРТЕ. Перевод М. А. Полиевктовой Рассказ о гульдене с изображением оленя Холодное сердце. Часть первая. Приключения Саида Стинфольская пещера. Шотландское предание Холодное сердце. Часть вторая. Contributors: Wilhelm Hauff [Вильгельм Гауф] (German, 1802 – 1827) – author. Касаткина, Наталья Григорьевна (Russian, 1902 – 1985) – translator. Татаринова, Ирина Сергеевна (Russian, 1895 – 1978) – translator. Полиевктова, Мария Александровна (Russian, 1892 – 1982) – translator. Пуриц, Елена Феликсовна (Jewish-Russian, 1910 – 1997) – foreword. Ефимов, Борис Ефимович [Фридлянд; Yefimov, Boris] (Jewish-Russian, 1900 – 2008) – artist, plates. Holder, Johann Michael (German, 1796 – 1861) – artist / frontis. portrait, after. -
NEWSoftcover volume 185 x 135 mm, publisher’s cream wrappers with lettering and author’s portrait to front, lettering to spine; pp.: [1-6] 7-237 [238 blank] [2], total 240 pp., incl. h.t., t.p., contents, text and colophon. ISBN 2-904228-02-0. Title-page: ЕВГЕНИЙ ШВАРЦ | МЕМУАРЫ | Подготовка текста, предисловие | и примечания Льва Лосева | La Presse Libre | Paris || Contra-title: EVGENIY CHVARTZ | MÉMOIRES | Édition préparée, préfacée et annotée | par Lev Loseff | La Presse Libre | Paris || Imrprint: Titre original en russe: | EVGENIY CHVARTZ. MEMUARI | Édition préparée, préfacée et annotée | par Lev Loseff | © Edition de «La Presse Libre» | 1982 | ISBN 2-904228-02-0 || Colophon: ACHEVÉ D'IMPRIMER | LE 13 OCTOBRE 1982 | PAR L'IMPRIMERIE | DE LA MANUTENTION | A MAYENNE | N° 7993 || Contributors: Шварц, Евгений Львович [Schwartz, Evgueni] (Russia, 1896 – 1958) Лосев, Лев Владимирович [Лифшиц; Loseff, Lev] (Jewish-Russian-American, 1937 – 2009) -
NEWThe top cover of the French humouristic weekly Le Rire № 631, 7 Mars 1931. Lettering: № 631 – 7 Mars 1931 … S.A.D.E.P. … Le Numéro : 1 fr. 50 | Le Rire | JOURNAL HUMORISTIQUE PARAISSANT LE SAMEDI | — Dis donc, maman, ce qu'il doit être curieux, le / Monsieur d'en face, ça fait une heure qu'il cherche à / lire le titre de ton livre. | Dessin de ROJANKOVSKY. Publisher: S.A.D.E.P. => Éditions: Société Auxilliaire pour la Diffusion des Éditions de Productivité — 11, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris. Artist: Feodor Rojankovsky [Rojan, Фёдор Степанович Рожанковский] (Russian-French-American, 1891 – 1970) -
NEWDrypoint on cream cardstock 230 x 206 mm with plate mark 101 x 112 mm, signed 'ORS' in pencil on the margin below the plate mark. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWDrypoint on cream cardstock 160 x 212 mm with plate mark 97 x 120 mm, signed 'ORS' in pencil on the margin below the plate mark. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWDrypoint on cream cardstock 230 x 207 mm with plate mark 102 x 120 mm, signed 'ORS' in pencil on the margin below the plate mark. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWDrypoint with plate mark 90 x 105 mm on cream cardstock in two states: (1) two copies 155 x 230 mm, signed 'ORS' in pencil on the margin below the plate mark. (2) 155 x x 225 mm signed 'ORS' in pencil on the margin below the plate mark and with the letter 'd' in pencil above the plate mark. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWSepia drypoint with plate mark 55 x 70 mm on cream cardstock in two states: (1) 115 x 155 mm, unsigned (2) 115 x 155 mm, signed 'ORS' in pencil on the margin below the plate mark. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWSanguine drypoint with plate mark 102 x 90 mm on cream cardstock in two states: (1) 227 x 203 mm, signed 'ORS' in pencil on the margin below the plate mark. (2) 230 x x 203 mm signed 'ORS' in pencil on the margin below the plate mark and with the letter 'd' in pencil above the plate mark. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWSanguine drypoint with platemark 130 x 150 mm on cream cardstock in two states: (1) 209 x 212 mm, signed 'ORS' in pencil on the margin below the platemark. (2) 206-214 x x 224-228 mm with letter 'd' in pencil above the platemark. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWDrypoint on cream cardstock 208 x 207 mm with platemark 100 x 122 mm, monogrammed "ORS" in pencil outside the plate. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWSanguine drypoint on cream cardstock 230 x 155 mm with platemark 153 x 79 mm, monogrammed "ORS" in pencil. Inscription in pencil to bottom: "Letzter Abzug x. 49". Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWNine loose drypoint plates on cream cardstock of different sizes (sheet, platemark, signature in pencil to margin) SVE-0585.2024-1: 183 x 183 mm; 101 x 80 mm; ORS SVE-0585.2024-2: 219 x 195 mm; 102 x 80 mm; –– SVE-0585.2024-3: 183 x 187 mm; 102 x 84 mm; –– SVE-0585.2024-4: 183 x 184 mm; 103 x 81 mm; ORS SVE-0585.2024-5: 183 x 186 mm; 102 x 80 mm; ORS SVE-0585.2024-6: 220 x 194 mm; 102 x 83 mm; ORS SVE-0585.2024-7: 158 x 108 mm; 101 x 79 mm; ORS SVE-0585.2024-8: 110 x 158 mm; 83 x 102 mm; –– SVE-0585.2024-9: 158 x 109 mm; 101 x 81 mm; ORS Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWTwelve loose drypoint plates on cream cardstock of different sizes (sheet, platemark, signature in pencil to margin) SVE-0584.2024-1: 185 x 183 mm; 103 x 80 mm –– SVE-0584.2024-2: 138 x 103 mm; 103 x 82 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-3: 201 x 142 mm; 104 x 82 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-4: 200 x 144 mm; 103 x 80 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-5: 158 x 110 mm; 102 x 81 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-6: 141 x 103 mm; 103 x 82 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-7: 200 x 141 mm; 103 x 82 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-8: 230 x 207 mm; 122x 100 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-9: 205 x 155 mm; 132 x 102 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-10: 200 x 230 mm; 101 x 131 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-11: 230 x 206 mm; 80 x 130 mm; ORS SVE-0584.2024-12: 228 x 206 mm; 100 x 91 mm; ORS Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWGraphite on wove paper, 281 x 209 mm, remnants of red pencil signature in the bottom right corner, traces of mounting hinges to recto. Attributed to: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWPen and ink drawing on paper, 285 x 184 mm, black ink stamp “PROF. O R SCHATS | Wien II.. Gr. Mohreng, 31 | Tel.: 55 82 566", remnants of mounting hinges to the drawing side; unsigned. Black stamp "Kunst bei Kenst" and blue ballpen ms signed "DKFM E. Kenst" to recto . Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWDrawing on both sides upside down; pen and ink on paper, 255 x 170 mm, black ink stamp “PROF. O R SCHATS | Wien II.. Gr. Mohreng, 31 | Tel.: 55 82 566", remnants of mounting hinges; unsigned. Attributed to Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWGraphite on wove paper, 240 x 300 mm, blue ink stamp to verso: “PROF. O R SCHATZ" and pencil "67"; traces of mounting hinges. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWTwo loose sheets, one 295 x 235 mm and another, the title page, 295 x 470 mm, folded in half with the image on one side only, leaves pierced for being bound in an album. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWAlbum of 10 watercolour drawings on thick wove paper sheets 315 x 245 mm, incl. title and colophon, plus one blank sheet before the title page, in Japanese stab binding — cardboard covers with stripes and ribbons marbling, sewed with blue thread. Signed and dated on the rearmost sheet. Versuch (German)— trial, experiment, test, attempt. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWAlbum of 17 watercolour drawings on thick wove paper sheets 265 x 205 mm, incl. title and colophon, in Japanese stab binding — cardboard covers with yellow and grey stripes sewed with pink thread. Signed and dated. The conditional title of the album may be "Girl's Toy". Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWEleven loose sheets, approx. 250 x 230 mm each, numbered in the bottom left corner in pencil (by owner?), with five binding holes in the left margin, traces of passe-partout mounting to verso; no title sheet. It is probably a disbound watercolour album telling the same story as the printed Der Kleine Bruder (see SVE-0581.2024). Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWTwelve drypoint plates, incl. the title, with plate marks at 90 x 70 mm, unsigned, in Japanese style binding — sewed cardboard covers with blue and green diaper design 195 x 142 mm; blank fly leaves in the front and the rear. Dorotheum GmbH selling slip laid in. The number of printed copies is unknown to us. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWHardcover volume 188 x 125 mm, quarter grey shagreen over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine ruled in double gilt fillet, marbled endpapers, publisher’s wrappers preserved; collated 2 ffl, front wrapper, π4 (blank1, ht/advert.2, blank/frontis., t.p./blank3, dedication/blank4), text 376 χ1, rear wrapper, 2ffl; pp.: [8] [1] 2-446, plus portrait frontispiece. Title-page: GUSTAVE GEFFROY | — | L'ENFERMÉ | AVEC LE MASQUE DE BLANQUI | Eau-forte de Bracquemond | (in rules) CINQUIÈME MILLE | PARIS | BIBLIOTHÈQUE CHARPENTIER | EUGENE FASJUELLE, ÉDITEUR | 11, RUE DE GRENELLE, 11 | 1919 || For another copy published in 1897, see LIB-2583.2020. -
NEWHardcover, 184 x 122 mm, burgundy quarter shagreen over marbled boards, binding savagely restored (ex-library copy) with orange paper, handwritten title to spine in black ink with a catalogue number on top, marbled endpapers; half-title and title with library ink stamps, original wrappers not present, frontispiece: death mask of Blanqui etched by Félix Bracquemond del. et sc., imp. Porcabeuf, with protection sheet. Pp.: [2 blanks] [2 - ht/advert.] [2 - blank/frontis.] [2 - t.p. / blank] [2 - dedication/blank] 1-442, 443-4 table, 445-6 afterword by G.G., [2 blanks]. Title-page: GUSTAVE GEFFROY | — | L'ENFERME | AVEC LE MASQUE DE BLANQUI | eau-forte inédite de F. BRACQUEMOND | — | (in rules) DEUXIÈME MILLE | — | PARIS | BIBLIOTHÈQUE CHARPENTIER | EUGÈNE FASQUELLE, ÉDITEUR | 11 RUE DE GRENELLE, 11 | 1897 | Tous droits réservés || For another copy published in 1919, see LIB-3362.2024. -
NEWHardcover 165 x 118 mm, red cloth with gilt cursive lettering to front, collated 8vo: π6 1-158 161, i.e. 127 leaves; pp.: [i-x] xi-xii, [1] 2-241 [242] plus two folding plates – plan of the Hermitage and city map. Title-page: GUIDE PRATIQUE DU VOYAGEUR | SAINT-PETERSBOURG | ET | SES ENVIRONS | PAR | JEAN B. ELAROFF | — | AVEC 2 PLANS ET UNE CARTE | ST-PÉTERSBOURG | — | SOCIÉTÉ DE LIBRAIRIE FRANÇAISE EN RUSSIE | ANCIENNE MAISON MELLIER & Cie | A. ZINSERLING, SUCCr | 20, Perspective Nevsky, 20 | 1892 || Imprint: (in rules) Дозволено цензурою. С.-Петербургь, 17 іюня 1892 г. | (under waved rule) Imprimerie TRENKÉ & FUSNOT, Maximilianovsky pér., Nº 13. -
NEWTwo pieces in one hardcover volume, 200 x 129 boards, 196 x 121 block, bound in full marble calf outlined with triple gilt fillet, gilt filleted edges, dentelle inside, flat spine tooled in gilt with fleurons in compartments, burgundy morocco label lettered in gilt “POT | POURRI”, marbled endpapers, bookplate “MK” to front pastedown, all edges gilt, one flyleaf in the front and one in the rear, 18 engraved plates, incl. two frontispieces by François-Rolland Elluin after Antoine Borel, letterpress tailpieces and frames, printed on laid paper with illegible watermark. Collation: Part 1 (Tentation): h.t.π, t.p.1, + 9 leaves of framed text printed on one side of the leaf – pp. 2-9 on verso, p. 10 on recto, followed by 4 leaves of musical notation printed on both sides (numbered 1-8), i.e. 15 leaves, plus engraved frontispiece and 8 plates, unsigned. Text attributed to Michel-Jean Sedaine. Part 2 (Pot-pourri): h.t.π, t.p.1, + 9 leaves of framed text printed on one side of the leaf – p. 2 on recto, pp. 3-10 on verso, 1 leaf “FIN” followed by 6 leaves of musical notation printed on both sides (pp. 1-12, number 11 upside down), i.e. 18 leaves, plus engraved frontispiece (t.p.) and 8 plates, unsigned. Text attributed to Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet (1735-1769) Seller’s note: In-8, veau porphyre, encadrement de triple filet dorée sur les plats, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin bordeaux, coupes filetées, tranches dorées (Reliure de l’époque). Faux-titre, titre-frontispice, 10 ff., 8 gravures, 8 pp. de musique gravée ; Faux-titre, titre- frontispice, 10 ff., [1 f.], 8 gravures, 12 pp. de musique gravée. Même édition que la précédente, imprimée sur vergé. Menus frottements à la reliure, taches éparses. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen de Ricci p. 948; Dutel A № A-1049. Contributors : Michel-Jean Sedaine (French, 1719 – 1797) Antoine-Alexandre-Henri Poinsinet [le jeune] (French, 1735 – 1769) François-Rolland Elluin (French, 1745 – 1810) Antoine Borel (French, 1743 – 1810) -
NEWHardcover, 306 x 235 mm, bound in crimson cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine, marbled endpapers; pp.: [1-4] 5-112, illustrated in b/w and colour throughout. Title-page: (in floral frame) ART | and | FASHION | By | MARCEL VERTES | In Collaboration with Bryan Holme | {vignette} | THE STUDIO PUBLICATIONS INC. • NEW YORK AND LONDON || Imprint: Printed in the U.S.A. by The Plantin Press and Albert Davis, Samuel Faber, Colorist. Catalogue Raisonné: Vokaer № 43, p. 17. Contributors: Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist/author Holme, Bryan (American, 1913 – 1990) – co-author Davis, George (American, 1906 – 1957) – translator -
NEWPaperback exhibition/sales catalogue, 270 x 210 mm, publisher’s flapped wrappers, pictorial on pink background, pp.: [1-6] 7-110 [2], pages 7 to 100 are plates – photomechanical reproductions from original photographs. Limited edition of 1000 copies, 1-980 numbered, of which this is № 532. Title-page: Rudolf Lehnert | (1878 - 1948) | Ernst Landrock | (1878 - 1966) | Tunis intime | Portraits et nus 1904 – 1910 | Préface d'Hervé Le Goff | Toutes les photographies sont d'époque (Vintages) | Elles font l'objet d'une exposition du 19 septembre au 1er décembre 2007 | et seront en venteà la galerie du mardi au samedi de 14h30 à 19h30 | All pictures are vintages and are for sale at the gallery open thuesday till saturday 2,30 pm - 7,30 pm | Nicole Canet | Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour | 11, rue Chabanais - 75002 Paris - Tél. +33 (0)1 42 96 58 64 | www.aubonheurdujour.net - aubonheurdujour@curiositel.com | Métro Bourse, Palais-Royal, Pyramides || Limitation: L'édition originale de cet ouvrage est limitée à 1000 exemplaires | numérotés de 1 à 980 dont 20 exemplaires hors commerce | numérotés de H.C. I à H.C. XX | (ms) 532 || Contributors: Le Goff, Hervé (French, b. 1947) Lehnert, Rudolf Franz (Austrian, 1878 – 1948) Landrock, Ernst Heinrich (German, 1878 – 1966) Canet, Nicole (French, b. 1945) -
NEWHardcover, 130 x 87 mm boards, 124 x 79 mm block, full mottled sheepskin, gilt-tooled flat spine, gilt fleurons in compartments, crimson morocco label lettered in gilt, board edges tooled gilt; marbled endpapers, bookseller ticket and bookplate “ GERARD NORDMANN EX-LIBRIS”; text and plates printed on laid paper. Collated 18mo: A-M6 (i.e. 72 leaves); pp.:[1-3] 4-143 [144], plus 8 engraved plates, incl. frontispiece, plus one flyleaf in the front and one in the rear. Title-page: BIBLIOTHÈQUE | DES | PAILLARDS, | CHOIX DE POÉSIES | EROTIQUES. | — | A PARIS, | Chez Madame BELLE MOTTE; | rue des Déchargeurs. | AU TEMPLE DE LA VOLUPTÉ. || Title-page: ELÉONORE, | OU | L'HEUREUSE PERSONNE. | Deuxième Édition. | — | A PARIS, | Chez les Marchands de nouveautés. |— | AN VIII. || Faux-t.p.: LA | COMTESSE | D'OLONNE, | COMEDIE | DE M. DE BUSSI RABUTIN. || Table des matières. Épitre dédicatoire La Foutro-Manie Ode à Priape Quatrain du comte de Guiche à M. d'Olonne La Comtesse d'Olonne, comédie Mon testament Le Chapitre général des Cordeliers Le débauché converti La gageure, conte Étymologie de l'Aze-te-foute, conte. Catalogue raisonné: Dutel I № A-146, p. 63; Nordmann II № 90. Provenance: Gérard Nordmann (Swiss, 1930 – 1992). -
NEWHardcover, 132 x 86 mm boards, 127 x 78 mm block, full brown mottled calf bordered with triple gilt fillet, flat spine tooled in gilt, gilt fleurons in compartments, black title label with gilt lettering, board edge tooled gilt, gilt dentelle inside, marbled endpapers, “MK” and “EX-LIBRIS • YVES • REFOULÉ” bookplates to front pastedown (the latter by Picart after Georges Leone), block of watermarked laid paper (Van Gilder?), all edges gilt; text with tall ‘s’. Title-page: L'ARETIN | FRANÇOIS, | PAR UN MEMBRE | DE L'ACADÉMIE DES DAMES. | (in rules) J'appelle un Chat, un Chat. / BOILEAU. | {fleuron} | A LONDRES. | — | 1787. || Faux-t.p.: LES ÉPICES | DE VÉNUS | OU |PIECES DIVERSES | DU MÊME ACADEMICIEN. | (in rules) Les plus intolérans sont les plus vicieux. / ANONYME. | {fleuron} | A LONDRES. | — | 1787. || Collation 18mo: Two ffl at front and two at rear, [a1] h.t./blank, [a2] blank/frontis. stanza, frontispiece plate with guard, [a3] t.p./blank, [a4] advert., [a5] intro/blank; after that the structure is following: recto blank/octave stanza on verso, tissue guard, plate on recto, repeated 17 times, χ1 décima stanza ‘Résumé’ (subtotal 23 leaves unsigned, unpaginated); π2 (h.t., t.p.), A-D6 E3 (subtotal 29 leaves), paginated [4] 1-53 [54], plus one plate with guard oppos. p. 8. The total number is 23+29=52 leaves plus 19 plates with tissue guard each and 4 flyleaves. Plates were executed in etching and burin on copper plates by François-Rolland Elluin (French, 1745 – 1810) after Antoine Borel (French, 1743 – 1810). Catalogue raisonné: Fekete № 141; Dutel № A-99; Nordmann II №№ 396, 397; Eros invaincu № 3, p. 26; Cohen de Ricci pp. 89/90. Text attributed to: Nogaret, François-Félix (French, 1740 – 1831) -
NEWHardcover volume 129 x 84 mm boards, 123 x 76 mm block, full contemporary lavalier-glazed calf, signed DUCASTIN at spine tail, panels framed with a gold fillet and a blind frieze, flat spine decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, roulettes at the head and tail, garnet red calf title label with gilt lettering, gilt dotted lines on the edges, interior dentelle, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, “GERARD NORDMANN EX-LIBRIS” bookplate to front pastedown. Collation 18mo: A-O6 P5 (i.e. 89 leaves); pp.: [i-v] vi-viii [9] 10-178, plus 5 plates with tissue guards, incl. frontispiece, and one flyleaf at the front and one at the rear. Plates: It is believed the edition had only 3 plates, including the frontispiece, and two plates were added, one signed “C. p. Marillier, inv. — E. De Ghendt sculp.” Title-page: ELÉONORE, | OU | L'HEUREUSE PERSONNE. | Deuxième Édition. | — | A PARIS, | Chez les Marchands de nouveautés. |— | AN VIII. || Catalogue raisonné: Dutel № A-314, p. 109 ; Nordmann II №188, p. 93. Provenance: Gustave Lehec (French, 1841 – 1922); Gérard Nordmann (Swiss, 1930 – 1992). Contributors: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808) – artist Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815) – engraver Alexis Pierre Ducastin [Ducastaing] (French, 1785 – 1860) – binder Nordmann's description: In-18 écu (124 x 78 mm). 178 pp. A frontispiece and 2 free figures. 2 added figures, one signed after Marillier and engraved by de Ghendt. Contemporary binding signed by Ducastin. Glazed lavallière calf, double frame of the covers with a gold fillet and a blind frieze, spine decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, roulettes at the head and tail, garnet calf title piece, gilt title, dotted lines on the edges, interior lace, marbled guards, gilt edges (some minor foxing). The second edition (very likely a fictitious mention) is of great rarity. It is decorated with a frontispiece and has engraved figures, to which two additional plates have been added. The story is the reverse of that of Tiresias: a woman is endowed by a sylph with the power to be alternately a man and a woman and to taste the pleasures of each of the two sexes. "This results in numerous and very piquant adventures; easy and graceful style" (Galitzin). MAGNIFICENT COPY, RARE IN ITS FULL STRICTLY CONTEMPORARY BINDING and signed on the back by one of the great bookbinders of the time, Pierre Alexis Ducastin (1785-1860), member of a dynasty of printers and bookbinders dating back to Henri IV. Lehec cites this copy in his Galitzin catalogue (no. 546): "...charming copy; lavalier calf stamped very rare, admirable conservation". Pia Enfer, 412; B.N. Enfer, 634.
