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Auction archive: Lot number 170

EROTICA PRINTED, 8 WORKS

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$10,625
Auction archive: Lot number 170

EROTICA PRINTED, 8 WORKS

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$10,625
Beschreibung:

Erotica] Mirabeau, Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de. Errotika Biblion. Rome [i.e., Paris or Neuchatel], de l"imprimerie du Vatican, 1783. 8vo (8 ½ x 5 ins; 210 x 125 mm). Contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, edges gilt; some minor rubbing. First Edition. William Beckford's Copy (Quaritch bookplate denoting purchase at Hamilton Palace library sale laid in). — Le Rideau Leve ou L'Education de Laure. Paris: 1912. 12 mo (7 ½ x 4 ¾ ins; 190 x 120 mm). 7 plates. Later half calf and boards. — [Louys, Pierre]. Trois Filles de Leur Mere. [Paris:] un amateur et pour ses amis, [1926]. 4to (11 x 7 ½ ins. 288 x 205 mm). 16 explicit plates of erotic encounters in a most accommodating bordello. Loose in cream card covers and slipcase as issued; covers and slipcase split, rubbed. First edition, 1 of 20 on Japon. — [Wilde, trans.]. The Sonnets of Pietro Aretino. Paris: 1923. 8vo (10 x 7 ins; 250 x 180 mm). 19 plates illustrating the graphic poems. Contemporary blue morocco and marbled boards, rear hinge weak. — [Norman Lindsay, illust.] Lysistrata. London: Fanfrolico Press, [1926]. Folio (15 x 11 ins; 380 x 280 mm). Hand-colored illustrations by Norman Lindsay Publisher's gilt-stamped half calf and boards; a little wear to corners. Number 75 of 750 copies signed by Jack Lindsay. — [Propertius in Love. London: Fanfrolico Press, 1927. Folio (15 x 11 ins; 380 x 280 mm). Illustrations by Norman Lindsay Publisher's roan-backed illustrated vellum, light rubbing to extremities. 1 of 15 copies only on Van Gelder, signed by Jack Lindsay. With original shipping correspondence from the publisher laid in .— The AntiChrist of Nietzsche. London: Fanfrolico Press, 1928. Folio (15 x 11 ins; 380 x 280 mm). Illustrated by Norman Lindsay Publisher's gilt-stamped black morocco; minor shelfwear.1 of 25 copies on Japanese vellum. — Schneider-Kainer. Hetarengesprache des Lukian. Berlin: Julius Bard, 1920. Folio (18 x 13 ½ ins; 450 x 340 mm). Lithographs. Publisher's gilt-stamped brown morocco, some rubbing. 1 of 100 copies.

Auction archive: Lot number 170
Auction:
Datum:
15 Jun 2012
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Erotica] Mirabeau, Honore Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de. Errotika Biblion. Rome [i.e., Paris or Neuchatel], de l"imprimerie du Vatican, 1783. 8vo (8 ½ x 5 ins; 210 x 125 mm). Contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, edges gilt; some minor rubbing. First Edition. William Beckford's Copy (Quaritch bookplate denoting purchase at Hamilton Palace library sale laid in). — Le Rideau Leve ou L'Education de Laure. Paris: 1912. 12 mo (7 ½ x 4 ¾ ins; 190 x 120 mm). 7 plates. Later half calf and boards. — [Louys, Pierre]. Trois Filles de Leur Mere. [Paris:] un amateur et pour ses amis, [1926]. 4to (11 x 7 ½ ins. 288 x 205 mm). 16 explicit plates of erotic encounters in a most accommodating bordello. Loose in cream card covers and slipcase as issued; covers and slipcase split, rubbed. First edition, 1 of 20 on Japon. — [Wilde, trans.]. The Sonnets of Pietro Aretino. Paris: 1923. 8vo (10 x 7 ins; 250 x 180 mm). 19 plates illustrating the graphic poems. Contemporary blue morocco and marbled boards, rear hinge weak. — [Norman Lindsay, illust.] Lysistrata. London: Fanfrolico Press, [1926]. Folio (15 x 11 ins; 380 x 280 mm). Hand-colored illustrations by Norman Lindsay Publisher's gilt-stamped half calf and boards; a little wear to corners. Number 75 of 750 copies signed by Jack Lindsay. — [Propertius in Love. London: Fanfrolico Press, 1927. Folio (15 x 11 ins; 380 x 280 mm). Illustrations by Norman Lindsay Publisher's roan-backed illustrated vellum, light rubbing to extremities. 1 of 15 copies only on Van Gelder, signed by Jack Lindsay. With original shipping correspondence from the publisher laid in .— The AntiChrist of Nietzsche. London: Fanfrolico Press, 1928. Folio (15 x 11 ins; 380 x 280 mm). Illustrated by Norman Lindsay Publisher's gilt-stamped black morocco; minor shelfwear.1 of 25 copies on Japanese vellum. — Schneider-Kainer. Hetarengesprache des Lukian. Berlin: Julius Bard, 1920. Folio (18 x 13 ½ ins; 450 x 340 mm). Lithographs. Publisher's gilt-stamped brown morocco, some rubbing. 1 of 100 copies.

Auction archive: Lot number 170
Auction:
Datum:
15 Jun 2012
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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