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A group of seventeen 19th-century erotic books in French, comprising: [MUSSET, Alfred de (1810-1857).] Gamiani ou Deux nuits d'excès. Par A.D.M. Lesbos [Brussels]: Institution Méry - Pavillon Baudelaire [Poulet-Malassis], n.d. [1864]. 12° (171 x 107mm, with deckle edges). 9 plates printed in two states, one red and one black [i.e. 18 in total], including the frontispiece, 5 of these by Félicien Rops (Some soiling.) 19th-century half shagreen with mottled sides, red morocco spine label, top edge gilt (light wear). The first Poulet-Malassis edition of this major work. One of 150 copies, this one number 116. WorldCat locates copies at Yale, the BnF and the BL only, with varying complements of plates. Dutel A-464. [ With :] BERANGER, Pierre-Jean de. Chansons galantes . Paris: n.p., 1850. 12° (158 x 100mm). 12 engraved plates. (Some spotting.) 19th-century red shagreen. (Light wear). A rare 19th-century illustrated edition. Apparently not in Dutel or Pia. [ And :] PIRON, Alexis. Œuvres badines . Paris: chez tous les marchands de nouveautés, 1848. 18° (137 x 86mm). 15 engraved plates. (Occasional light soiling.) Later red quarter roan (light wear). Provenance : Gérard Nordmann (label; sold, Christie’s, 14-15 December 2006, lot 430). The Nordmann copy of this rare edition of Piron. Dutel A-787. [ And :] L’Espion des boudoirs . Paris: Dans un petit coin où l’on voit tout, 1802. 18° (150 x 85mm, with deckle edges). Engraved frontispiece. (Some spotting and soiling.) 19th-century wrappers. A rare list of Parisian working girls, complete with the frontispiece not noted by Dutel. RBH records no copy at auction. Dutel A-361. [ And :] La Vertu de la sœur Agnès par Hercule Fourqueuse . Paris: Sous les Galeries du Palais Royal, chez la petite Lolotte, 1891. 8° (173 x 113mm). Six hand-coloured plates printed on japan paper. (Light soiling.) Later blue quarter roan (corners rubbed). Rare: not in Pia. RBH and Auction.fr record no copy having been offered at auction. And 12 related others, including editions of Verlaine, Piron, and Thérèse Philosophe .
A group of seventeen 19th-century erotic books in French, comprising: [MUSSET, Alfred de (1810-1857).] Gamiani ou Deux nuits d'excès. Par A.D.M. Lesbos [Brussels]: Institution Méry - Pavillon Baudelaire [Poulet-Malassis], n.d. [1864]. 12° (171 x 107mm, with deckle edges). 9 plates printed in two states, one red and one black [i.e. 18 in total], including the frontispiece, 5 of these by Félicien Rops (Some soiling.) 19th-century half shagreen with mottled sides, red morocco spine label, top edge gilt (light wear). The first Poulet-Malassis edition of this major work. One of 150 copies, this one number 116. WorldCat locates copies at Yale, the BnF and the BL only, with varying complements of plates. Dutel A-464. [ With :] BERANGER, Pierre-Jean de. Chansons galantes . Paris: n.p., 1850. 12° (158 x 100mm). 12 engraved plates. (Some spotting.) 19th-century red shagreen. (Light wear). A rare 19th-century illustrated edition. Apparently not in Dutel or Pia. [ And :] PIRON, Alexis. Œuvres badines . Paris: chez tous les marchands de nouveautés, 1848. 18° (137 x 86mm). 15 engraved plates. (Occasional light soiling.) Later red quarter roan (light wear). Provenance : Gérard Nordmann (label; sold, Christie’s, 14-15 December 2006, lot 430). The Nordmann copy of this rare edition of Piron. Dutel A-787. [ And :] L’Espion des boudoirs . Paris: Dans un petit coin où l’on voit tout, 1802. 18° (150 x 85mm, with deckle edges). Engraved frontispiece. (Some spotting and soiling.) 19th-century wrappers. A rare list of Parisian working girls, complete with the frontispiece not noted by Dutel. RBH records no copy at auction. Dutel A-361. [ And :] La Vertu de la sœur Agnès par Hercule Fourqueuse . Paris: Sous les Galeries du Palais Royal, chez la petite Lolotte, 1891. 8° (173 x 113mm). Six hand-coloured plates printed on japan paper. (Light soiling.) Later blue quarter roan (corners rubbed). Rare: not in Pia. RBH and Auction.fr record no copy having been offered at auction. And 12 related others, including editions of Verlaine, Piron, and Thérèse Philosophe .