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NEWAnonymous manuscript half bound in green sheepskin, gilt lettering to spine, 382 x 325 x 65 mm, 424 pp. with pp. 368-400 blank, thick graph paper, tissue samples pasted throughout. According to the seller: “Important treatise on weaving decorated with numerous drawings, sketches, diagrams and samples of laminated fabrics (satin, silk, damask, velvet, etc.). Elegant work, beautiful writing in italics, all pages in a framing net. It contains chapters on the history of silk, the silkworm (hatching, transformation, etc.), silk spinning, dyeing, warping, folding, heddles, different types of mesh, satin, satin drifts, damask for dresses, royal damask for furnishings, velvet, etc. etc.” -
NEWTwo hardcover volumes, 8vo, 200 x 140 mm each, uniformly bound in cream cloth with gilt triple fillet frame to front, same blind to back, and blind volutes to corners, gilt lettering, fillets and blind fleurons in compartments to flat spine; cream dust jacket with red lettering and black vignette to front, black spine with cream lettering to spine, publisher’s device to back, and black lettering to flaps. Print-run 5,300 copies. Besides these two volumes, Academia later published volumes 5 (1936), 3, 4, and 8 (1937); other volumes were published in 1939-47 by ОГИЗ-Гослитиздат. Vol. 1: 1-318 324, i.e. 252 leaves plus 13 b/w plates extraneous to collation; pp.: [1-7] 8-501 [3]. Title-page (red and black): ДЕНИ ДИДРО | СОБРАНИЕ СОЧИНЕНИЙ | ТОМ I | ФИЛОСОФИЯ | Редакция и вступительная статья | И. К. Луппола | Перевод И. Б. Румера, | В. К. Сережникова, П. С. Юшкевича | Примечания А. Н. Лаврентьева | ACADEMIA | 1935 || Vol. 2: 1-368 374, i.e. 292 leaves plus 14 b/w plates extraneous to collation; pp.: [1-7] 8-582 [2]. Title-page (red and black): ДЕНИ ДИДРО | СОБРАНИЕ СОЧИНЕНИЙ | ТОМ II | ФИЛОСОФИЯ | Редакция и вступительная статья | И. К. Луппола | Перевод В. К. Сережникова и П. С. Юшкевича | Примечания М. Д. Цебенко| ACADEMIA | 1935 || In both volumes: Contre-Title: ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | ДЕНИ ДИДРО | (1713 – 1784) | СОБРАНИЕ СОЧИНЕНИЙ | в десяти томах | Под общей редакцией | И. К. ЛУППОЛА | ACADEMIA | Москва – Ленинград || Title verso: DENIS DIDEROT | OEUVRES CHOISIES | Супер-обложка и переплет | Б. В. Шварца || Catalogue Raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова 723, 724 (pp. 261-2). Contributors: Denis Diderot (French, 1713 – 1784) Луппол, Иван Капитонович (Russian, 1896 – 1943) – killed in GULAG Румер, Исидор Борисович (Russian-Jewish, 1884 – 1938) – killed in GULAG Серёжников, Виктор Константинович (Russian, 1873 – 1944) – killed in GULAG Юшкевич, Павел Соломонович (Ukrainian-Jewish, 1873 – 1945) Цебенко, Мария Дмитриевна (Russian, ? – 1957) Шварц, Борис Владимирович (1906 – 1967) Лаврентьев, А. Н. -
NEWHardcover volume, 8vo, 200 x 140 mm, bound in light blue cloth with vignette to front, cream printed label and lettering to flat spine; pictorial dust jacket, black lettering to spine, publisher’s device to back, and black lettering to flaps. Print-run 5,000 copies. Faux frontispieces, binding, and dust jacket designed by Н. В. Кузьмин. Collation: 1-388 394, i.e. 308 leaves plus 12 plates extraneous to collation, incl. frontispiece portrait of the author [1-7] 8-611 [5], errata slip tipped in. Title-page (blue and black): АЛЬФРЕД ДЕ МЮССЕ | ТЕАТР | Перевод, вступительная | статья и комментарии | А. В. Федорова | ACADEMIA | 1934 || Contre-title (blue and black): ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | Под общей редакцией | А. М. Эфроса | АЛЬФРЕД ДЕ МЮССЕ | (1810 – 1857) | СОЧИНЕНИЯ | ACADEMIA | Москва – Ленинград || Title verso: ALFRED DE MUSSET | THÉÂTRE | Фронтисписы титулов, | переплет и супер-обложка | Н. В. Кузьмина || Catalogue Raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова 653 (p. 250). Contents: Венецианская ночь, или Свадьба Лауретты; Андреа дель Сарто; Фантазио; Любовью не шутят; Лоренцаччо; Подсвечник; Не надо биться об заклад; Молча за дело; Всего не предусмотришь; Беттина (пер. Е. Геркена) Contributors: Musset, Alfred de (French, 1810–1857) – author Фёдоров, Андрей Венедиктович (Russian, 1906 – 1997) – translator Геркен, Евгений Георгиевич (Russian, 1886 – 1962) – translator Кузьмин, Николай Васильевич (Russian, 1890 – 1987) – artist Эфрос, Абрам Маркович (Russian-Jewish, 1888 – 1954) – editor -
NEWHardcover volume, 175 x 130 mm, in grey cloth with blue lettering in blind border with volutes to corners, blue lettering to spine; collated 8vo: [1]8, 1-258 262, i.e. 210 leaves plus 8 plates, incl. frontispiece portrait of the author, extraneous to collation, pp.: [i-iv] v-xiv [2] [2] 3-401 [3], errata slip tipped in. Print run 5,300 copies. Title-page: ШАРЛЬ МОНТЕСКЬЁ | ПЕРСИДСКИЕ | ПИСЬМА | Вступительная статья | Л. Е. Гальперина | ACADEMIA | 1936 || Title verso: CHARLES MONTESQUIEU | Lettres persianes | Переплет П. Г. Пастухова || Catalogue Raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова 840 (p. 280). Contributors: Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de (French, 1689–1755) Гальперин, Лев Ефимович (Russian-Jewish, 1872 – 1951) Пастухов, Павел Георгиевич (Russian, 1889 – 1960) -
NEWSoftcover, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, stapled, 215 x 145 mm, pp.: [2] 3-38 [2], a few in-text and five full-page illustrations within collation; 8vo: 28 34, i.e. 20 leaves. Title-page: В. ГАУФ | {vignette} | КАРЛИК | НОС | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО ДЕТСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ | МИНИСТЕРСТВА ПРОСВЕЩЕНИЯ РСФСР | ЛЕНИНГРАД | 1955 || Print run 200,000 copies. Contributors: Wilhelm Hauff [Вильгельм Гауф] (German, 1802 – 1827) – author. Шабанов, Иван Васильевич (Russian, 1906 – 1973) – artist. -
NEWThe true first edition in original parts, published in four issues of the Soviet magazine «Трезвость и культура», Москва, Профиздат (Sobriety and Culture, Moscow, Trade Union Publishing): Part 1 in № 12/1988, pp. 26-38; Part 2 in № 1/1989, pp. 26-37; Part 3 in № 2/1989, pp. 28-39; Part 4 in № 3/1989, pp. 30-35. Each issue: 260 x 200 mm; 64 pages, in pictorial wrappers, stapled. Print run: 12/1988 — 800,525 copies; 1/1989 — 626,970 copies; 2/1989 — 635,115 copies; 3/1989 — 639,810 copies. The first part was submitted for typesetting on October 10 and signed to print on November 28, 1988. This makes it the first officially published 'Soviet' edition; however, it lacks the author's foreword and was substantially censored. Reference: Id., Moskva-Petushki, “Trezvost’ i kul’tura”, 12 (1988): 26-38 [introduction by S. Chuprinin, censured edition]. Id., Moskva-Petushki, “Trezvost’ i kul’tura”, 1 (1989): 26-37; 2 (1989): 28-39; 3 (1989): 30-35 [censured edition]. Contributors: Ерофеев, Венедикт Васильевич [Yerofeyev, Venedikt] (Russian, 1938 – 1990) – author Чупринин, Сергей Иванович (Russian, b. 1947) – preface Басыров, Гариф Шарипович (Russian, 1944 – 2004) – artist -
NEWSoftcover, 200 x 126 mm, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, pp. [2] 3-126 [2]. ISBN: 5-85965-006-X. Title-page: ВЕНЕДИКТ | ЕРОФЕЕВ | — | МОСКВА–ПЕТУШКИ | Рига {R Rakstnieks} 1991 || Print run 50,000 copies. Contributors: Ерофеев, Венедикт Васильевич [Yerofeyev, Venedikt] (Russian, 1938 – 1990) – author Dainis Breikšs [Дайнис Брейкшс] (Latvian, b. 1942) – artist Муравьёв, Владимир Сергеевич (Russian, 1939 – 2001) – preface -
NEWスラブ社会文化論シリーズ||スラブ シャカイ ブンカロン シリーズ ; 第4号 Softcover, grey publisher’s wrappers with black lettering, in silver dust jacket with black lettering and vignette; pp. [8] [i] ii-iii [iv] [1] 2-293 [5]; 257 x 183 mm. DJ Front: Эдуард ВЛАСОВ | БЕССМЕРТНАЯ ПОЭМА | ВЕНЕДИКТА ЕРОФЕЕВА | МОСКВА ПЕТУШКИ | {vignette} | СПУТНИК ПИСАТЕЛЯ | Slavic research center | Hokkaido university || Title-page: Эдуард ВЛАСОВ | БЕССМЕРТНАЯ ПОЭМА | ВЕНЕДИКТА ЕРОФЕЕВА | МОСКВА ПЕТУШКИ | {vignette} | СПУТНИК ПИСАТЕЛЯ | ИЗДАНИЕ ПЕРВОЕ, | ИСПРАВЛЕННОЕ И СОКРАЩЕННОЕ || Contributors: Ерофеев, Венедикт Васильевич [Yerofeyev, Venedikt] (Russian, 1938 – 1990) – author Власов, Эдуард Ю. – author/commentary -
NEWHardcover, 210 x 147 mm, black cloth with geometrical (avant-garde style) lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, pp.: [1-7] 8-510 [2]. Chair of the editorial board of the almanach Каверин, Вениамин Александрович [Kaverin, Veniamin] (Russian-Jewish, 1902 – 1989) Print run 50,000 copies. ISBN 5-7000-0161-6. It was the first more or less uncensored publication in the Soviet Union. Submitted for typesetting on September 27, 1988, signed to print on January 2, 1989. Referenced as: Moskva-Petushki, in Vest’: Sbornik. Proza, poėziia, dramaturgiia, Knizhnaia palata, Moskva 1990: 418-506 [complete edition]. Contributors: Венедикт Васильевич Ерофеев [Venedikt Yerofeyev] (Russian, 1938 – 1990) – author. -
NEWSoftcover, 215 x 140 mm, publisher’s grey wrappers, lettering in double-fillet frame to front, lettering to spine, pp.: [1-6] 7-268 [2]; tamizdat. Stamps: 1) РУССКАЯ БИБЛИОТЕКА, THE RUSSIAN LIBRARY, 14, SAWREY PLACE, BRADFORD; 2) Православная Церковь Покрова Пресв. Богородицы, Манчестер, Англия — The Orthodox Church of the Holy Virgin, Manchester, Eng.; 3) ДАР ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВА ИМЕНИ ЧЕХОВА при Восточно-Европейском Фонде. Title-page: ВЛАДИМИР НАБОКОВ | Другие берега | {publisher’s device} | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО ИМЕНИ ЧЕХОВА | Нью-Йорк • 1954 || Contributors: Издательство имени Чехова [Chekhov Publishing House] (NY) Владимир Владимирович Набоков [Vladimir Nabokov] (Russian-American, 1899 – 1977) – author -
NEWSoftcover, 183 x 133 mm, black wrappers with white lettering to front and spine, pp. [1-4] 5-205 [3]. Tamizdat. Title-page (1): ВЛАДИМИР | НАБОКОВ | ВОЗВРАЩЕНИЕ | ЧОРБА | АРДИС / АНН АРБОР | ARDIS / ANN ARBOR || Title page (2) Возвращенiе Чорба | Рассказы и стихи || Contributors: Ardis Publishing (Ann Arbor) – publisher Carl Ray Proffer (American, 1938 – 1984) – publisher Ellendea Proffer Teasley (b. 1944) – publisher Владимир Владимирович Набоков [Vladimir Nabokov] (Russian-American, 1899 – 1977) – author -
NEWHardcover, stapled, dark olive cloth, 200 x 140 mm, black lettering to spine, portrait of the author pasted to front cover, collated 8vo: 1-348 352, i.e. 274 leaves, pp. [1-7] 8-547 [1], plus errata leaf before back ffl and 12 plates incl. frontispiece, extraneous to collation; Black dust jacket with olive lettering and vignette to front and olive lettering to spine, black lettering to flaps, barbarically restored. Title-page (green and black): ВОЛЬТЕР | ОРЛЕАНСКАЯ | ДЕВСТВЕННИЦА | ПОЭМА | В ДВАДЦАТИ ОДНОЙ ПЕСНЕ | Перевод под редакцией | М. Лозинского | Вступительная статья | С. Мокульского | Комментарии | Л. Н. Галицкого | и Д. Е. Михальчи | ACADEMIA | 1935 || Contra-title (green and black): ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | Под общей редакцией А. М. Эфроса | ВОЛЬТЕР | (1694—1778) | ACADEMIA | Москва – Ленинград || Imprint: VOLTAIRE | LA PUCELLE D’ORLEANS | Иллюстрации, заставки, | концовки, переплет и супер- | обложка М. К. Соколова || Print run 5300 copies. Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №707, p. 259. Contributors: Arouet, François-Marie [Voltaire] (French, 1694 – 1778)– author. Михаил Леонидович Лозинский [Mikhail Lozinsky] (Russian, 1886 – 1955) – translator. Стефан Стефанович Мокульский (Russian, 1896 – 1960) – preface Лев Николаевич Галицкий – commentary Дмитрий Евгеньевич Михальчи (Russian, 1900 – 1973) – commentary Михаил Ксенофонтович Соколов [Mikhail Sokolov] (Russian, 1885 – 1947) – artist Абрам Маркович Эфрос (Russian-Jewish, 1888 – 1954) – series editor -
NEWHardcover, stapled, grey cloth, 175 x 135 mm, brown lettering to spine, brown geometrical elements to front cover, collated 8vo: 1-348 356, i.e. 278 leaves, pp. [1-7] 8-555 [1], plus photo frontispiece; terracotta dust jacket with black lettering to front and spine, meander borders, black lettering to flaps, barbarically restored. Title-page (red and black): ЛИСИЙ | РЕЧИ | Перевод, статьи и комментарии С. И. Соболевского | ACADEMIA | 1933 || Contra-title (red and black): АНТИЧНАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | Под общей редакцией А. Малецкого | ЛИСИЙ | (ок. 459—380) | ACADEMIA | Москва – Ленинград || Imprint: Lysiae orationes | Заставки, | переплет и супер-обложка | В. А. Милашевского || Print run 5300 copies. Printer: Красный пролетарий (Moscow) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №557, p. 235. Contributors: Лисий [Λυσίας; Lysias] (Greek, c. 445 – 380 BC) – author Соболевский, Сергей Иванович (Russian, 1864 – 1963) – translator Милашевский, Владимир Алексеевич (Russian, 1893 – 1976) – artist -
NEWHardcover, black cloth, 175 x 135 mm, red lettering to spine, red Phrygian cap and white weapons and tools to front cover, collated 8vo: 1-508 516, i.e. 406 leaves, pp. [1-7] 8-808 [4] incl. errata and illustrations, plus photo frontispiece; cream dust jacket with a vignette, red and black lettering to front and spine, black lettering to flaps. Title-page (red and black): ПЕСНИ | ПЕРВОЙ | ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ | РЕВОЛЮЦИИ | {vignette} | ПОДБОР ТЕКСТОВ, | ВСТУПИТЕЛЬНАЯ СТАТЬЯ И КОММЕНТАРИИ | А•ОЛЬШЕВСКОГО | • РЕДАКЦИЯ | М•ЗЕНКЕВИЧА И АБРАМА ЭФРОСА | ВВЕДЕНИЕ | Ц. ФРИДЛЯНДА | ACADEMIA | 1934 || Contra-title (red and black): ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ | ЛИТЕРАТУРА | ПОД ОБЩЕЙ РЕДАКЦИЕЙ | А•М•ЭФРОСА | ПЕСНИ | ПЕРВОЙ ФРАНЦУЗСКОЙ | РЕВОЛЮЦИИ | {vignette} | / 1789-1799 / | МОСКВА – ЛЕНИНГРАД | ACADEMIA | 1934 || Imprint: Суперобложка, переплет, | титул, шмуц-титула, | заставки и концовки | М. В. Маторина || Print run 5300 copies. Printer: Красный пролетарий (Moscow) Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): №661, p. 251-2. Contributors: Ольшевский [Овсянников], Александр Александрович [Russian, 1878 – 1951) – compiler Зенкевич, Михаил Александрович (Russian, 1886 – 1973) – editor Эфрос, Абрам Маркович (Russian-Jewish, 1888 – 1954) – editor Фридланд [Фридлянд], Цви (Russian-Israeli, 1898 – 1967) – preface Маторин, Михаил Владимирович (Russian, 1901 – 1976) – artist -
NEWSoftcover, 228 x 155 mm, embossed geometrical diaper pink French flapped wrappers with black and orange lettering to front; collated 8vo: 1-108, i.e. 80 leaves, pp.: [4] [1-4] 5-152 [4], plus 12 colour plates; woodcut t.p. vignette, head- and tailpieces in sanguine. Text printed on wove paper watermarked Marais, untrimmed, some leaves uncut; colour illustrations produced by half-tone relief photo reproduction technique and printed on thinner paper without a watermark. Colouring is most probably made by hand. Besides the presence of the platemarks, micro-photo reveals clear signs of the half-tone relief photomechanical reproduction method:
Title-page (red and black): SPADDY | COLETTE | OU | LES AMUSEMENTS DE BON TON | ROMAN | {vignette} | A SAINT – CLOUD | AU TEMPLE DE CYTHÈRE ||
Limitation: CE ROMAN, EDITÉ POUR DES AMATEURS ET | NON MIS DANS LE COMMERCE, A ETÉ TIRÉ | A 250 EXEMPLAIRES, SUR VELIN PUR FIL | DU MARAIS, NUMÉROTÉS A LA PRESSE. | Cet exemplaire porte le No 49
Catalogue Raisonné: Dutel III № 1254: second edition with reproduction plates, published in 1939. The 1st edition with the original plates after Bécat was published in c. 1938.
Honesterotica.com:
Colette, ou les amusements de bon ton (Colette, Good Time Amusements) was an important early commission from Bécat by the master clandestine publisher Maurice Duflou, to complement a text bordering on the outrageous by Johannès Gros…
Contributors: Spaddy [Johannès Gros] (French, 18.. – 1937) – author Maurice Duflou (French, 1885 – 1947) – publisher Paul-Émile Bécat (French, 1885 – 1960) – artist -
NEWSoftcover, 240 x 190 mm, green velvet paper French flapped wrappers with a silver vignette of Rops’ sphynx, in half of double-slipcase, pp. [1-8] 9-76 [8], i.e. 42 leaves plus 20 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings, incl. frontispiece, attributed to Louis Berthomme Saint-André. Text and plates printed on thick wove paper watermarked Arches, margines untrimmed; anonymous woodcut head- and tailpieces. Enhanced by a complete set of plates, uncoloured, in green velvet paper folder, gilt inside. Pibrac (or Pybrac) by Pierre Louÿs is "composed of 313 rhymed Alexandrine quatrains, the majority of them starting with the phrase I do not like to see. Pybrac is in the form a mockery of sixteenth-century chancellor poet Guy Du Faur, seigneur de Pibrac (French, 1528-1584), whose moralizing quatrains were the common literary fare for young French readers until the nineteenth century".honesterotica.com: Pibrac is best remembered for his own collection of poems, a set of 126 moralistic quatrains, which throughout its endless printings bestowed good advice and guidelines to proper conduct…
The English translation of Louÿs' Pibrac/Pybrac by Geoffrey Longnecker was published by Wakefield Press in 2014: https://wakefieldpress.com/products/pybrac Title-page (green and black): PIBRAC | QUATRAINS ÉROTIQUES | DE | PIERRE LOUYS | {vignette} | AUX DÉPENS D’UN AMATEUR | POUR LE PROFIT DE QUELQUES AUTRES | M. IM. XXXIII || Imprint / Limitation: Cette édition des quatrains érotiques de Pierre Louÿs, illustrée de vingt eaux-fortes originales d'un artiste inconnu, a été strictement limitée à 300 exemplaires qui ont été composés en Elzévir vieux style de corps 12 avec des caractères neufs. Ils ont tous été tirés sur grand vélin d'Arches à la forme et comportent tous un état avec remarque des 20 planches, tiré en noir. Justification du tirage: 20 exemplaires sur grand vélin d'Arches à la forme, numérotés de 1 à 20, auxquels il a été ajouté en plus des états avec remarque des 20 cuivres, 1 des aquarelles ayant servi à l'illustration, 1 croquis original et 1 cuivre encré. 280 exemplaires sur grand vélin d'Arches à la forme, numérotés de 21 à 300, comprenant tous les états avec remarque. Il a été tiré en outre 8 exemplaires sur Arches, numérotés en chiffres romains de I à VIII, destinés aux collaborateurs de l'ouvrage. Pour authentifier la présente édition, l'artiste et l'éditeur apposeront sur cette justification un cachet en garantissant l'originalité. Cet exemplaire porte le No 290. Colophon: La présente édition a été achevée d'imprimer à Paris le trente et un janvier mil neuf cent trente-quatre par deux imprimeurs amis des belles éditions. Catalogue raisonné: Dutel III № 2198. Collaborators: Pierre Louÿs (French, 1870 – 1925) – author. Louis Berthomme Saint-André (French, 1905 – 1977) – artist. Edition attributed to the bookseller Robert Télin. -
NEWHardcover, 255 x 200 mm, ¾ green morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine with raised bands, grey laid paper endpapers, Serge Golifman’s bookplate pasted to verso, 3 ffl, orig. wrappers, incl spine, preserved; collated: 2 blanks, h.t., t.p., 14 leaves of text; faux t.p. Éloge de la marquise de Beausemblant, 6 leaves of text, colophon (limitation), 2 blanks, 3 ffl, unpaginated, plus 7 leaves of plates, incl. frontispiece. Publisher's wrappers 250 x 190 mm. Title-page (red and black): PAUL MORAND | LES PLAISIRS | RHENANS | orné de sept lithographies originales | et coloriées à la main | DUSSELDORF | Librairie Leocadia || The front wrapper is the same, in black only. Limitation: Cette édition, imprimée pour une Société de Bibliophiles, a été tirée à 107 exemplaires hors commerce, savoir: exemplaires sur vieux japon, numérotés de 1 à 7, et 100 exemplaires sur vélin d'Arches, numérotés de 8 à 107. Les lithographies ont été tirées sur presse à bras et coloriées à la main. Les pierres ont été poncées après tirage. Exemplaire N° 81. [The edition was printed for a bibliophile society in 107 non-commercial copies: 7 copies on “vieux Japon” paper, numbered from 1 to 7, and 100 copies on “Arches Vellum”, numbered from 8 to 107, of which this is copy № 81]. An unauthorized (pirated) edition of two short stories by Paul Morand, initially published in “L’Europe galante” by Éditions Grasset in 1925: Les plaisirs rhénans and Éloge de la marquise de Beausemblant; illustrated with 7 lithographs coloured with crayons after Gaston-Louis Roux, printed by Mme Duchatel; the stones were then destroyed (sanded). According to Pia: « Pour le principe, semble-t-il, Bernard Grasset à qui aucune autorisation d’éditer ainsi ces deux nouvelles n'avait été demandée, déposa une plainte contre X... en contrefaçon. L'enquête judiciaire, si enquête il y eut, n’aboutit pas. Le tirage de l’édition « pirate » avait été si restreint que tous les exemplaires en avaient été vendus sitôt parus. Le coupable, en l’occurrence René Bonnel, ne fut pas inquiété ». Dutel attests: « Un des personnages, subissant une agréable fellation, représenté sur l'une des lithographies, ressemble fort à Paul Morand qui en avait pris ombrage! » Comment by the seller: L’ouvrage est d’autant plus rare que Morand lui-même, mécontent d’une des gravures qui le représente en position intéressante, fit détruire une partie des exemplaires. Resume: While Bernard Grasset opposed the pirated edition on copyright infringement grounds, Paul Morand was enraged by his resemblance to the depicted character; the latter destroyed as many copies of the edition as he could, so only a few still exist. The print run of the "pirate" edition was so limited that all the copies were sold as soon as they were published. Catalogue Raisonné: Dutel III № 2215 (p. 321) ; Pia : № 1056; Nordmann (I) № 281. Contributors: Paul Morand (French, 1888 – 1976) – author Gaston-Louis Roux (French, 1904 – 1988) – artist René Bonnel (French, 18841 – 1975) – publisher Bernard Grasset (French, 1881 – 1955) – publisher -
NEWHardcover, 244 x 205 mm, red quarter morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering and raised bands to spine, marbled endpapers, original wrappers 235 x 190 mm preserved. Collated 4to: 3 ffl, front wrapper2, blank4, h.t./imprint6, frontis.8, t.p.10, 1-234, blank196, back wrapper198, 3ffl; pp.: [1-11] 12-186 [12], plates and wrappers within collation. Total number of leaves from wrapper to wrapper 198 (190 per Vokaer). Title-page (brown and black): Tableaux Contemporains – no 6 | TABLEAU | de | LA MODE | par | GEORGES-ARMAND MASSON | illustré | de vingt et une gravures à l'eau-forte | et de onze lithographies en couleurs | par | MARCEL VERTÈS | PARIS | ÉDITIONS DE LA NOUVELLE REVUE FRANÇAISE | 3, rue de Grenelle || Front wrapper: same as t.p., framed. Back wrapper: advert. dans la même collection, framed. Imprint: Un exemplaire sur japon impérial (A), 6 exemplaires sur japon impérial (B-E), 15 exemplaires sur japon impérial (F-T), 320 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre (dont 20 exemplaires hors commerce), numérotés de 1 a 300 et de I a XX. Exemplaire no 238. Tous droits de reproduction el de traduction réserves pour tous les pays, y compris la Russie. Copyright by Librairie Gallimard, 1926. Colophon: CE VOLUME, | LE SIXIEME DE LA COLLECTION DES | TABLEAUX CONTEMPORAINS, | A ÉTE ACHEVE D’IMPRIMER | LE DIX MAI MIL NEUF CENT VINGT-SIX : | POUR LE TEXTE, | PAR LE MAITRE IMPRIMEUR COULOUMA, A ARGENTEUIL, | H. BARTHELEMY ETANT DIRECTEUR, | ET POUR LES GRAVURES, | PAR CLOT, LITHOGRAPHE | ET HAASEN, IMPRIMEUR EN TAILLE-DOUCE | A PARIS || Limited Edition: 22 copies printed on Japon Impérial paper marked letters A to T enriched with suites of plates and original drawings; 20 copies marked I to XX on Vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre paper not for sale, and 300 commercial copies on the same paper, numbered 1 to 300, of which this is copy № 238. Total number of copies 342. Catalogue Raisonné: Vokaer № 14, p. 10. Contributors: Masson, Georges-Armand (French, 1892 – 1977) – author Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist Clot, Auguste (French, 1858 – 1936) – lithography Haasen, Paul (French, d. 1944) – etchings
