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Auction archive: Lot number 1

Le Bijou de Société ou L'Amusement des

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 1

Le Bijou de Société ou L'Amusement des

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,200
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Le Bijou de Société ou L'Amusement des Graces. 16mo, 101 pages and plates; some plates trimmed down and mounted; bound in later olive calfskin, elaborately tooled in gilt on boards and spine, rare at auction; 12 1/2 x8 cm. Paphos [Paris]: [no printer], L'An des Plaisirs [1784]. This anonymous erotica imprint is illustrated with engraved plates attributed to Desrais and Brichet. Engraved throughout, with engraved text pages in verse attributed to Rousseau, Ferrand, Grecourt, Piron, and others facing engraved illustrations depicting various scandalous sexual situations and other topics controversial for the period, including gender, sexuality, same-sex encounters, and sexual acts of Christian clergy members. Worldcat locates ten copies of this edition worldwide. Gay-Lemonnier I, 400. Peignot 201.Paphos [Paris]: [no printer], L'An des Plaisirs [1784].

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
13 Aug 2020
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

Le Bijou de Société ou L'Amusement des Graces. 16mo, 101 pages and plates; some plates trimmed down and mounted; bound in later olive calfskin, elaborately tooled in gilt on boards and spine, rare at auction; 12 1/2 x8 cm. Paphos [Paris]: [no printer], L'An des Plaisirs [1784]. This anonymous erotica imprint is illustrated with engraved plates attributed to Desrais and Brichet. Engraved throughout, with engraved text pages in verse attributed to Rousseau, Ferrand, Grecourt, Piron, and others facing engraved illustrations depicting various scandalous sexual situations and other topics controversial for the period, including gender, sexuality, same-sex encounters, and sexual acts of Christian clergy members. Worldcat locates ten copies of this edition worldwide. Gay-Lemonnier I, 400. Peignot 201.Paphos [Paris]: [no printer], L'An des Plaisirs [1784].

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
13 Aug 2020
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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